Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett
Enoch Arnold Bennettwas an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 May 1867
life light intellectual
The manner in which one single ray of light, one single precious hint, will clarify and energize the whole mental life of him who receives it, is among the most wonderful and heavenly of intellectual phenomena.
people dignity stature
It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.
eye self tongue
Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.
enemy friends-and-enemies poetry-is
I will never cease advising my friends and enemies to read poetry before anything.
magic nerves method
There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump.
heart blessing may
Great wealth may be to its owner a blessing or a curse. Alas! I fear it is too often the latter. It hardens the heart, blunts the finer susceptibilities, and transforms into a fiend what under more favourable circumstances might have been a human being.
heart poverty poor
If you've ever really been poor, you remain poor at heart all your life.
morning thinking ideas
In search of ideas I spent yesterday morning in walking about, and went to the stores and bought things in four departments. A wonderful and delightful way of spending time. I think this sort of activity does stimulate creative ideas.
important done want
I do want an expensive honeymoon. Not because I'm extravagant, but because a honeymoon is a solemn, important thing ... a symbol. And it ought to be done -- well, adequately.
beer saxophone spirit
The saxophone is the embodied spirit of beer.
stupid worry brain
Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness.
love investment cents
Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your outlay it's a good investment.
life sacrifice effort
The most important preliminary to the task of arranging one's life so that one may live fully and comfortably within one's daily budget of 24 hours is the calm realization of the extreme difficulty of the task, of the sacrifices and the endless effort which it demands.
ideas firsts bricks
You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw.