“There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.”
Politics
“What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.”
MusicAll Quotes by Gertrude Stein
“I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.”
Patience“The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.”
Money“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“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“What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.”
Music“It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.”
Business“A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.”
Art“I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.”
Teacher“Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.”
Friendship“Very likely education does not make very much difference.”
Education“It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.”
Funny“We are always the same age inside.”
Age“It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.”
Future“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“It is very easy to love alone.”
Alone“This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.”
History“Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women do not tell them so.”
Women“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.”
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