Home / Quotes / Quote by Margaret Case Harriman

Quote by Margaret Case Harriman

“I have a very hyper-sensitive sister, and when she saw in the papers the next day that I had proclaimed myself the daughter of an immigrant, she didn't like it at all, and was with difficulty deterred from writing to the press that my father might be an immigrant, but not hers.”

Quote by Margaret Case Harriman

Author

Margaret Case Harriman

Margaret Case Harriman is a writer, and specific information about her life and works is currently limited. more

You May Also Like

“We were good reformers, but we weren't good enough. We elected a candidate and then, busy with our own affairs, we left him hanging in mid-air. Reformers are such part-time pillars of society!”

Enough Left Air Busy Affair Reform Candidates Good Enough Pillars Reformers Part Time

Author:Margaret Case Harriman

“[On social change:] What I say is that if one country is annexed by another, its nationality is not changed overnight. Social processes are often very, very slow.”

Ifs Country Social Process Changed Social Change Nationality

Author:Margaret Case Harriman

“[On women getting the vote:] The newspapers, poor dears, looked of course for something very spectacular. But then newspapers are always apt to be more interested in phenomena like meteors than in the slow growth of a mighty tree. Wait ten years, and the politicians will one day wake up and say, 'Look who's here!”

Years Looks Courses Waiting Growth Poor Tree Politician One Day Ten Vote Wake Up Newspapers Spectacular Suffrage Meteors Slow Growth

Author:Margaret Case Harriman

“no war really comes unexpectedly. The drums are beating long before a single shot is fired.”

Long War Shots No War

Author:Margaret Case Harriman

“Money is what you'd get on beautifully without if only other people weren't so crazy about it.”

People Ifs Crazy

Author:Margaret Case Harriman

“I learned that in dealing with things, you spent much more time and energy in dealing with people than in dealing with things.”

People Energy Business More Time Time And Energy Dealing With People

Author:Buwei Yang Chao

“A straight dark-green Manchu gown, with black trimmings, is my favorite. For it just about takes off those fifteen pounds I don't need and adds those three inches I do.”

Needs Three Black Dark Clothes Green Add My Favorite Pounds Inches Fifteen Gowns Trimming

Author:Buwei Yang Chao

“My remoteness from women's affairs could be seen from my surprise when I heard that needles had holes in them.”

Heard Surprise Affair Holes Needles Housework Remoteness

Author:Buwei Yang Chao

“Have you ever noticed that life consists mostly of interruptions, with occasional spells of rush work in between?”

Spells Occasional Interruptions

Author:Buwei Yang Chao

“When you're 'recruiting' people in temporary positions for the firm (short-term contracts, free-lancers, etc.) treat them well: remember, they're the only ones who actually do any work.”

People Wells Remember Term Work Business Position Treats Firm Etc Temporary Contracts Short Term

Book:Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay

Source: Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay