Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Gertrude Stein Quotes

American - Author February 3, 1874 - July 29, 1946

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Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. - Gertrude Stein

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. Gertrude Stein

Technology, Lose, Everybody

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. - Gertrude Stein

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. Gertrude Stein

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write. Gertrude Stein

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. Gertrude Stein

Strong, Principle, Rouse

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question. Gertrude Stein

Question, Than, Worse

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it. Gertrude Stein

World, Peasant, Would

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost. Gertrude Stein

Lost, Always, Never

We are always the same age inside. Gertrude Stein

Age, Always, Same

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition. Gertrude Stein

History, Lesson, Teaches

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening. Gertrude Stein

How, Very, Considering

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Romance is everything. - Gertrude Stein

Romance is everything. Gertrude Stein

Romantic, Romance

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich. Gertrude Stein

Better, Poor, Been

There is a difference between twenty-nine and thirty. When you are twenty-nine it can be the beginning of everything. When you are thirty it can be the end of everything. Gertrude Stein

Beginning, End, Difference

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded. Gertrude Stein

Friendship, Flowers, Faded

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting. Gertrude Stein

Luck, Bad, Deepest

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. Gertrude Stein

Lose, Everyone, Sense

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself. Gertrude Stein

Need, Excuse, Itself

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?' Gertrude Stein

Career, Still, Standing Up

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed. Gertrude Stein

Always, Mouth, Firmly

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money. Gertrude Stein

Man, Money, Animals

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. Gertrude Stein

Think, I Think, Everybody

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer. Gertrude Stein

Politics, Never, Been

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer. Gertrude Stein

Down, Nearer, While

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. - Gertrude Stein

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. Gertrude Stein

Art, Ears, Painter

America is my country and Paris is my hometown. Gertrude Stein

Paris, Country, Hometown

Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population. Gertrude Stein

Forget, Propaganda, Larger

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