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
mind bears recess
No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind.
procrastination tasks cost
Concentrate on something useful. Having decided to achieve a task, achieve it at all costs.
book people
As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.
time procrastination next-week
We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful.
giving done birth
The moment you're born you're done for.
children parent teach
The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child has to teach them; and the child has a very great deal to teach them
mistake done belief
All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.
pain pleasure certain
It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain intensity they are indistinguishable.
birthday men years
A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.
faithful mars reputation
It is difficult to make a reputation, but is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once properly made --- so faithful is the public.
time needs way
We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.
littles more-time
Which of us is not saying to himself which of us has not been saying to himself all his life: " I shall alter that when I have a little more time"? We never shall have any more time. We have, and we have always had, all the time there is.
mom mother clever
Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.
jobs husband giving
Being a husband is a whole time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it.