--- title: "98 Margaret Halsey Quotes - Famous Writer (With Malice toward some)" description: "Margaret Halsey quotes about life’s flow, persistent aggression, and how identity is built." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-margaret-halsey-6554.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-margaret-halsey-6554.jpg) # Margaret Halsey (1910–1997) Writer United States **98** quotes in **668** categories Margaret Halsey sees life as a river that moves on and punishes anyone who tries to split it into neat boxes. She points out that traits like aggression and competitiveness stay on all day, like a light you can’t switch off at five o’clock. She also says identity isn’t discovered like a lost treasure; it’s something we build piece by piece. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Margaret Halsey was a writer from the United States, best known for *With Malice toward some*. ## Quick Facts About Margaret Halsey Born February 13, 1910 Died February 4, 1997 Nationality United States Profession Writer Notable works With Malice toward some ## About Margaret Halsey Margaret Halsey was an American writer who lived in the United Kingdom for a short time. Her first book With Malice Toward Some (1938) grew out of her experiences there. It was a witty and humorous bestseller, selling 600,000 copies. It won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1938, voted by members of the American Booksellers Association. ## Awards & Honors National Book Award ## Quotes by Margaret Halsey > [Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/folklore-is-a-collection-of-ridiculous-notions-held-by-other-people/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Collections](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/collections/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/margaret-halsey-6554_collections_folklore-is-a-collection-of-ridiculous-n_2544156.jpg) > [In practice, there is nothing especially dramatic in people getting along well together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/in-practice-there-is-nothing-especially-dramatic-in-people-getting/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Dramatic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dramatic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/margaret-halsey-6554_dramatic_in-practice-there-is-nothing-especially_2716466.jpg) > [The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-role-of-a-do-gooder-is-not-what-actors-call-a-fat-part/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/margaret-halsey-6554_actor_the-role-of-a-do-gooder-is-not-what-acto_2787922.jpg) > [I am living with a rising generation which talks like people coming out of ether.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/i-am-living-with-a-rising-generation-which-talks-like-people-coming/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Coming out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coming-out/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/margaret-halsey-6554_coming-out_i-am-living-with-a-rising-generation-whi_207899.jpg) > [I was so embarrassed I could feel my nerves curling like bacon over a hot fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/i-was-so-embarrassed-i-could-feel-my-nerves-curling-like-bacon-over-a/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Embarrassed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/embarrassed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/823/margaret-halsey-6554_embarrassed_i-was-so-embarrassed-i-could-feel-my-ner_1207531.jpg) > [the conversation whipped gaily around the table like rags in a high wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-conversation-whipped-gaily-around-the-table-like-rags-in-a-high/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/344/margaret-halsey-6554_communication_the-conversation-whipped-gaily-around-th_1329298.jpg) > [Employed as I had been employing it, liquor is a fixative of old patterns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/employed-as-i-had-been-employing-it-liquor-is-a-fixative-of-old/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Alcoholism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcoholism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/margaret-halsey-6554_alcoholism_employed-as-i-had-been-employing-it-liqu_250918.jpg) > [In a business society, the emotional economy is an economy of scarcity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/in-a-business-society-the-emotional-economy-is-an-economy-of-scarcity/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/margaret-halsey-6554_business_in-a-business-society-the-emotional-econ_1418114.jpg) > [Identity is not found, the way Pharaoh's daughter found Moses in the bulrushes. Identity is built.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/identity-is-not-found-the-way-pharaoh-s-daughter-found-moses-in-the/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Built](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/built/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/margaret-halsey-6554_built_identity-is-not-found-the-way-pharaoh-s_202215.jpg) > [The only way not to worry about the race problem is to be doing something about it yourself. When you are, natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-only-way-not-to-worry-about-the-race-problem-is-to-be-doing/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Feels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/margaret-halsey-6554_feels_the-only-way-not-to-worry-about-the-race_250172.jpg) > [The soup, thin and dark and utterly savorless, tasted as if it had been drained out of the umbrella stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-soup-thin-and-dark-and-utterly-savorless-tasted-as-if-it-had-been/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Cooking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cooking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a5/margaret-halsey-6554_cooking_the-soup-thin-and-dark-and-utterly-savor_1563542.jpg) > [Englishwomen's shoes look as if they had been made by someone who had often heard shoes described, but had never seen any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/englishwomen-s-shoes-look-as-if-they-had-been-made-by-someone-who-had/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [England](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/england/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/margaret-halsey-6554_england_englishwomen-s-shoes-look-as-if-they-had_82227.jpg) > [democracy produces both heroes and villains, but it differs from a fascist state in that it does not produce a hero who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/democracy-produces-both-heroes-and-villains-but-it-differs-from-a/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Democracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/margaret-halsey-6554_democracy_democracy-produces-both-heroes-and-villa_2030042.jpg) > [Whatever the rest of the world thinks of the English gentleman, the English lady regards him apprehensively as something between God and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/whatever-the-rest-of-the-world-thinks-of-the-english-gentleman-the/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [English](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/english/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/margaret-halsey-6554_english-gentleman_whatever-the-rest-of-the-world-thinks-of_1716216.jpg) > [Equality is an unconscious assumption, and if you feel you are treating someone as an equal, then you are not doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/equality-is-an-unconscious-assumption-and-if-you-feel-you-are/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Assumption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assumption/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/margaret-halsey-6554_assumption_equality-is-an-unconscious-assumption-an_2295898.jpg) > [Infants, I note with envy, are receptive to enjoyment in a degree not attained by adults this side of the new Jerusalem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/infants-i-note-with-envy-are-receptive-to-enjoyment-in-a-degree-not/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Adults](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb7/margaret-halsey-6554_adults_infants-i-note-with-envy-are-receptive-t_436083.jpg) > [the American family is failing in its job of turning out stable human beings. ... It is failing because Americans do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-american-family-is-failing-in-its-job-of-turning-out-stable-human/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [American family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-family/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/margaret-halsey-6554_american-family_the-american-family-is-failing-in-its-jo_3143951.jpg) > [Humorists are not humorous twenty-four hours a day. In fact, when you get to know them well, they are often not humorous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/humorists-are-not-humorous-twenty-four-hours-a-day-in-fact-when-you/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/margaret-halsey-6554_comedy_humorists-are-not-humorous-twenty-four-h_2510548.jpg) > [The idea is that inside every human being, however unprepossessing, there is a glorious, talented, and overwhelmingly attractive personality. Nonsense. Inside each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-idea-is-that-inside-every-human-being-however-unprepossessing/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/margaret-halsey-6554_art_the-idea-is-that-inside-every-human-bein_1066471.jpg) > [The position of children as a group, in a commercial society, is not wholly advantageous. A commercial society urges its citizens to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-position-of-children-as-a-group-in-a-commercial-society-is-not/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Assumption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assumption/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/margaret-halsey-6554_assumption_the-position-of-children-as-a-group-in-a_158108.jpg) > [It is impossible to betray another man's child - for whatever reason - without also betraying one's own. To do less than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/it-is-impossible-to-betray-another-man-s-child-for-whatever-reason/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Another man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-man/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/margaret-halsey-6554_another-man_it-is-impossible-to-betray-another-man-s_879856.jpg) > [Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/whenever-i-dwell-for-any-length-of-time-on-my-own-shortcomings-they/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Defects](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defects/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4d/margaret-halsey-6554_defects_whenever-i-dwell-for-any-length-of-time_559162.jpg) > [The modification of prejudice takes a long time, and occurs as the result of a thousand things that happen to the prejudiced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-modification-of-prejudice-takes-a-long-time-and-occurs-as-the/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Chains](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chains/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/margaret-halsey-6554_chains_the-modification-of-prejudice-takes-a-lo_460116.jpg) > [The only men who can turn my blood stream into a condition resembling heavy surf are good-looking heels with characters as intricately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-only-men-who-can-turn-my-blood-stream-into-a-condition-resembling/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Blood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/margaret-halsey-6554_blood_the-only-men-who-can-turn-my-blood-strea_1915215.jpg) > [As one might expect in a society with mass communications and mass markets, the pseudo-ethic says that whatever is popular, is right.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/as-one-might-expect-in-a-society-with-mass-communications-and-mass/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/margaret-halsey-6554_communication_as-one-might-expect-in-a-society-with-ma_1670722.jpg) > [Our Republic is not a pastoral, not a military, not an agricultural, not a nomadic, not a clerical, but a business civilization.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/our-republic-is-not-a-pastoral-not-a-military-not-an-agricultural-not/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Bottom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bottom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/margaret-halsey-6554_bottom_our-republic-is-not-a-pastoral-not-a-mil_2770293.jpg) > [The feelings, myths and prejudices about the Negro American which now seem so valid and real to some of our white contemporaries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-feelings-myths-and-prejudices-about-the-negro-american-which-now/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/172/margaret-halsey-6554_belief_the-feelings-myths-and-prejudices-about_974171.jpg) > [If the factory people outside the colleges live under the discipline of narrow means, the people inside live under almost every other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/if-the-factory-people-outside-the-colleges-live-under-the-discipline/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Austerity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/austerity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/margaret-halsey-6554_austerity_if-the-factory-people-outside-the-colleg_3008673.jpg) > [A society struggles to fulfill its best instincts, even as an individual does, and generally makes just as hard going of it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/a-society-struggles-to-fulfill-its-best-instincts-even-as-an/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Battle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/margaret-halsey-6554_battle_a-society-struggles-to-fulfill-its-best_1324689.jpg) > [Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize it. Thus if, for any reason whatsoever, moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/life-itself-however-flows-and-is-sequential-and-punishes-those-who-2/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Areas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/areas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cda/margaret-halsey-6554_areas_life-itself-however-flows-and-is-sequent_2455243.jpg) > [In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/in-some-circumstances-the-refusal-to-be-defeated-is-a-refusal-to-be/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Circumstances](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/circumstances/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/margaret-halsey-6554_circumstances_in-some-circumstances-the-refusal-to-be_1152281.jpg) > [An overripe banana, yellow outside, squishy in](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/an-overripe-banana-yellow-outside-squishy-in/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Banana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/banana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/margaret-halsey-6554_banana_an-overripe-banana-yellow-outside-squish_2601383.jpg) > [Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/bulldogs-have-been-known-to-fall-on-their-swords-when-confronted-by/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Bulldogs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bulldogs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/margaret-halsey-6554_fall_bulldogs-have-been-known-to-fall-on-thei_958057.jpg) > [He must have had a magnificent build before his stomach went in for a career of its own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/he-must-have-had-a-magnificent-build-before-his-stomach-went-in-for-a/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Careers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/careers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/314/margaret-halsey-6554_careers_he-must-have-had-a-magnificent-build-bef_2805718.jpg) > [Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/some-persons-talk-simply-because-they-think-sound-is-more-manageable/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Manageable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/manageable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/margaret-halsey-6554_manageable_some-persons-talk-simply-because-they-th_2589272.jpg) > [What I know about money, I learned the hard way – by having had it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/what-i-know-about-money-i-learned-the-hard-way-by-having-had-it/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Funny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/margaret-halsey-6554_funny_what-i-know-about-money-i-learned-the-ha_2168194.jpg) > [The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-english-never-smash-in-a-face-they-merely-refrain-from-asking-it/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Asking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/margaret-halsey-6554_asking_the-english-never-smash-in-a-face-they-m_2326368.jpg) > [it is a waste of time to ask more of people than they have to give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/it-is-a-waste-of-time-to-ask-more-of-people-than-they-have-to-give/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/margaret-halsey-6554_ability_it-is-a-waste-of-time-to-ask-more-of-peo_114793.jpg) > [being in the middle class is a feeling as well as an income 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