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. Arnold Bennett More Quotes by Arnold Bennett More Quotes From Arnold Bennett I ought to reflect again and again, and yet again, that the beings that I have to steer are just as inevitable in the scheme of evolution as I am myself; have just as much right to be themselves as I am entitled to; and they all deserve from me as much sympathy as I give to myself. Arnold Bennett schemesevolutiongiving As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves. Arnold Bennett bookpeople The only way to write a great book is to write it with the eyes of a child who sees things for the first time. Arnold Bennett writingbookchildren Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness. Arnold Bennett stupidbrainworry Being a husband is a whole-time job. Arnold Bennett husbandwholejobs I don't read my reviews, I measure them. Arnold Bennett reviewslanguagebook Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality. Arnold Bennett secretheavenreality If you've ever really been poor you remain poor at heart all your life. I've often walked when I could very well afford to take a taxi because I simply couldn't bring myself to waste the shilling it would cost. Arnold Bennett wastecostheart Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world. Arnold Bennett strangeopinionworld If you've ever really been poor, you remain poor at heart all your life. Arnold Bennett povertypoorheart 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. Arnold Bennett morningideasthinking At moments we are all artists. Arnold Bennett momentsartist To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking. Arnold Bennett oneselfechoeswriting Far from the madding crowd is a mistake on a honeymoon.... Solitude! Wherever you are, if you're on a honeymoon, you'll get quite as much solitude as is good for you every twenty-four hours. Constant change and distraction -- that's what wants arranging for. Solitude will arrange itself. Arnold Bennett foursolitudemistake 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. Arnold Bennett blessingheartmay Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like. Arnold Bennett mommotherclever Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe. Arnold Bennett washington-monumentmonumentsaws 'And yet,' demanded Councilor Barlow, 'what's he done Has he ever done a day's work in his life What great cause is he identified with' 'He's identified,' said the first speaker, 'with the great cause of cheering us all up.' Arnold Bennett Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic. Arnold Bennett Any change, even for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. Arnold Bennett
