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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Gertrude Stein Quotes

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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...

If you can do it then why do it?

If you can do it then why do it?

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.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

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.

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...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

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...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

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...

Hoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.

Hoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

There are three things which if one does not know, one cannot live long in...

There are three things which if one does not know, one cannot live long in...