“Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.”
Friendship
“That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.”
WarAll Quotes by Gertrude Stein
“This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.”
History“It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.”
Family“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“It is very easy to love alone.”
Alone“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“What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.”
Music“A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.”
Failure“The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.”
Science“Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.”
Hope“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“I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.”
Teacher“In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody.”
Peace“It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son.”
Funny“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“Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.”
Nature“That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.”
War“An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.”
Work“History takes time. History makes memory.”
History“It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.”
History