the conversation whipped gaily around the table like rags in a high wind. Margaret Halsey More Quotes by Margaret Halsey More Quotes From Margaret Halsey Money does not corrupt people. What corrupts people is lack of affection ... Money is simply the bandage which wounded people put over their wounds. Margaret Halsey affectiondoepeople I was well warned about English food, so it did not surprise me, but I do wonder sometimes, how they ever manage to prise it up long enough to get a plate under it. Margaret Halsey wondersometimeslong If the factory people outside the colleges live under the discipline of narrow means, the people inside live under almost every other kind of discipline except that of narrow means -- from the fruity austerities of learning, through the iron rations of English gentlemanhood, down to the modest disadvantages of occupying cold stone buildings without central heating and having to cross two or three quadrangles to take a bath. Margaret Halsey collegeeducationmean He must have had a magnificent build before his stomach went in for a career of its own. Margaret Halsey stomachcareerssarcastic The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner. Margaret Halsey upper-classinsultingasking The attitude of the English towards English history reminds one a good deal of the attitude of a Hollywood director towards love. Margaret Halsey english-historyinsultingattitude In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated. Margaret Halsey defeatedgrowthpolitical Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence. Margaret Halsey silencesoundthinking Living in England, provincial England, must be like being married to a stupid but exquisitely beautiful wife. Margaret Halsey stupidbeautifulfunny Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls. Margaret Halsey playclasspeople Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity. Margaret Halsey dogfunnyfall Infants, I note with envy, are receptive to enjoyment in a degree not attained by adults this side of the new Jerusalem. Margaret Halsey envydegreesadults American business, while it does not frown on helping the human race, frowns on people who start right in helping the human race without first proving that they can sell things to it. Margaret Halsey businessracepeople 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. Margaret Halsey kegssometimesthinking Example is better than precept. Margaret Halsey learningexampleteaching it is a waste of time to ask more of people than they have to give. Margaret Halsey wastegivingpeople people coming away from a session with Dr. S. usually looked as if they had had fifty minutes on the anvil with an apprentice blacksmith. Margaret Halsey doctorsfiftypeople From a purely tourist standpoint, Oxford is overpowering, being so replete with architecture and history and anecdote that the visitor's mind feels dribbling and helpless, as with an over-large mouthful of nougat. Margaret Halsey visitorsmindoxford I was so embarrassed I could feel my nerves curling like bacon over a hot fire. Margaret Halsey nervesfirehot the American family is failing in its job of turning out stable human beings. ... It is failing because Americans do not dare to cultivate in themselves those characteristics which would make family life creative and rewarding. To do so, would ruin them financially. Margaret Halsey ruinscreativejobs
