I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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

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

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

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

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

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

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

The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

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...

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

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

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

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...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.