„Os jornalistas dizem que uma coisa que eles sabem não ser verdadeira, na esperança de que se mantenha por muito tempo em dizer que era verdadeiro.“— Arnold BennettDe verdade, de esperança
„O pessimismo, depois de você se acostumar a ele, é tão agradável quanto o otimismo.“— Arnold Bennett
„Qualquer mudança, mesmo uma mudança para melhor, é sempre acompanhada de inconvenientes e desconfortos.“— Arnold Bennett
„O pessimismo, depois de você se acostumar a ele, é tão agradável quanto o optimismo.“— Arnold Bennett
„Sua mente é um espaço sagrado na qual nada de mal pode entrar, exceto com sua permissão!“— Arnold Bennett
„Ser marido é um emprego a tempo inteiro. É por isso que tantos maridos fracassam: não conseguem dedicar a isso toda a sua atenção.“— Arnold Bennett
„The chief beauty about timeis that you cannot waste it in advance.The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,as perfect, as unspoiled,as if you had never wasted or misapplieda single moment in all your life.You can turn over a new leaf every hourif you choose.“— Arnold Bennett
„The proper, wise balancingof one's whole life may depend upon thefeasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.“— Arnold BennettHow to Live on 24 Hours a Day
„Any change, even a change for the better is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.“— Arnold Bennett
„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 BennettThe Title: A Comedy in Three Acts
„The real Tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.“— Arnold Bennett
„Which of us is not saying to himselfwhich of us has not been saying to himself allhis life:"I shall alter that when I have a littlemore time"?We never shall have any more time. Wehave, and we have always had, all the timethere is.“— Arnold BennettHow to Live on 24 Hours a Day
„Nearly all bookish people are snobs, and especially the more enlightened among them. They are apt to assume that if a writer has immense circulation, if he is enjoyed by plain persons, and if he can fill several theatres at once, he cannont possibly be worth reading and merits only indifference and disdain.“— Arnold Bennett
„One of the chief things which my typical man has to learn is that the mental faculties are capable of a continuous hard activity; they do not tire like an arm or a leg. All they want is change - not rest, except in sleep.“— Arnold BennettHow to Live on 24 Hours a Day
