James Gordon Bennett

Famous quotes containing the words james, gordon and/or bennett:

    “I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favour of doing it.”
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

    “War’s a brain-spattering, windpipe-slitting art.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    “There was a young man of Montrose
    Who had pockets in none of his clothes.”
    —Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)