I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

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

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

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

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

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

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

Money is always there but the pockets change

Money is always there but the pockets change

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

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

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

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

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

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

Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women...

Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women...

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

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

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and...

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and...

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing...

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing...

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.