“A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.”
Failure
“Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.”
FriendshipAll Quotes by Gertrude Stein
“Money is always there but the pockets change it is not in the same pockets after a change, and that is all there is to say about money.”
Change“There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.”
Politics“It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.”
Death“History takes time. History makes memory.”
History“A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.”
Art“I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.”
Patience“The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.”
Art“It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.”
Family“I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.”
Teacher“It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.”
Business“When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.”
Alone“There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.”
Dad“Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens.”
Women“Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.”
Hope“Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.”
Nature“But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still don't get young men standing up and saying, 'How can I combine career and family?'”
Family“We are always the same age inside.”
Age“The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.”
Money“It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.”
History