The interruptions of the telephone seem to us to waste half the life of the ordinary American engaged in public or private business; he has seldom ha…

- Beatrice Webb

Harris had the egotistical dogmatism of the self-made man who had painfully educated himself without contact with superior brains.

- Beatrice Webb

Religion is love; in no case is it logic.

- Beatrice Webb

The middle man governs, however extreme may seem to be the men who sit on the Front Bench, in their reactionary or revolutionary opinions.

- Beatrice Webb

Beneath the surface of our daily life, in the personal history of many of us, there runs a continuous controversy between an Ego that affirms and an …

- Beatrice Webb

If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room hill of people, I would say to myself, "You're the cleverest member of one of the clev…

- Beatrice Webb

All along the line, physically, mentally, morally, alcohol is a weakening and deadening force.

- Beatrice Webb

At present I feel like a caged animal, bound up by the luxury, comfort and respectability of my position. I can't get the training that I want withou…

- Beatrice Webb

Are all Cabinets congeries of little autocrats with a super-autocrat presiding over them?

- Beatrice Webb