Gertrude Stein Quotes

American - Author February 3, 1874 - July 27, 1946

See also: Quotes about Gertrude Stein

Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.

Happiness Money Shopping Know Go

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

Day Technology Long Lose

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Friendship Flowers Faded Before

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

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

Walk Walking You Looking

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 Be Strong Men People

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Gratitude Silent Much Very Anyone

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

Business Important Know Your

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

Answer Question Case

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

You Something Over Being

Top 10
Gertrude Stein
Quotes

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.

Rich Never Want Get

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 Father Son Man

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 Money Always Say

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

Air Pretty Two Sculpture

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly how can they be so suspicious they are so suspicious how can they be so friendly but they just are.

Always Who Just Friendly

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

Wish I Wish Being Must

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.

Time You Genius Doing

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

Man Money Animals Thing

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

Sex Creative Literature Inconceivable

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.

Dad Doubt Too Much Going

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Action Equal Reaction Opposite

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie down and die and to never have lived, to have been a job chaser and never have lived.

You Lie Job Die

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

Deepest Luck Bad Bad Luck

We are always the same age inside.

Age Always Inside Same

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

Never May Masterpiece Dull

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

History Lesson Repetition Teaches

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