A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by little it grows nothing but vegetables, nothing, nothing but vegetables.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

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...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

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...

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

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...

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.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

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....

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

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

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...

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

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

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

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...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...