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Arnold Bennett
9 quotes
“It was an idea of pure genius that had suddenly struck her; the genius of common sense.”
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hot Potatoes", sec. 4. The Matador of the Five Towns, and Other Stories (1912), p. 251
“Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.”
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Journals of Arnold Bennett, ed. Newman Flower (pub. Cassell, 1932)
“The price of justice is eternal publicity.”
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) first seen 1923 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Things That Have Interested Me, 2nd series (1923), "Secret Trials
“A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.”
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They can't give their entire attention to it.”
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.”
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes books are valuable. But not reading of books will take the place of a daily, candid, honest examination of what one has recently done, and what one is about to do - of a steady looking at one's self in the face (disconcerting though the sight may be).”
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A prig is a pompous fool who has gone out for a ceremonial walk, and without knowing it has lost an important part of his attire, namely, his sense of humour.”
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And, having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.”
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source