How close beneath the surface, even in the happiest family, is the chronic grievance! I sometimes think that tinderboxes are inert and powder kegs mere talcum compared to the explosive possibilities in the most commoplace domestic situation.
Reality is above all else a variable, and nobody is qualified to say that he or she knows exactly what it is. As a matter of fact, with a firm enough… - Margaret Halsey
Reality is above all else a variable, and nobody is qualified to say that he or she knows exactly what it is. As a matter of fact, with a firm enough…
- Margaret Halsey
The important thing about human beings is not what they do, but why they do it. - Margaret Halsey
The important thing about human beings is not what they do, but why they do it.
Success does not implant bad characteristics in people. It merely steps up the growth rate of the bad characteristics they already had. - Margaret Halsey
Success does not implant bad characteristics in people. It merely steps up the growth rate of the bad characteristics they already had.
Democracy makes many taxing demands on its practitioners, but suspension of the intelligence is not one of them. - Margaret Halsey
Democracy makes many taxing demands on its practitioners, but suspension of the intelligence is not one of them.
I'd like somebody to breed a male, genus homo, who could go and fetch a 12" x 8" black suède purse lying in the middle of a white bedspread and not c… - Margaret Halsey
I'd like somebody to breed a male, genus homo, who could go and fetch a 12" x 8" black suède purse lying in the middle of a white bedspread and not c…
If you embark on a project as magnificent in concept as the brotherhood of man, it is foolish not to anticipate difficulties of proportionate magnifi… - Margaret Halsey
If you embark on a project as magnificent in concept as the brotherhood of man, it is foolish not to anticipate difficulties of proportionate magnifi…
Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at al… - Margaret Halsey
Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at al…
Equality is an unconscious assumption, and if you feel you are treating someone as an equal, then you are not doing it. - Margaret Halsey
Equality is an unconscious assumption, and if you feel you are treating someone as an equal, then you are not doing it.
There are dozens of ways of failing to make money. It is one thing to fail to make money because your single talent happens to be a flair amounting t… - Margaret Halsey
There are dozens of ways of failing to make money. It is one thing to fail to make money because your single talent happens to be a flair amounting t…
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