Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

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...

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...

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...

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

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

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...

Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population.

Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population.

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

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

If you can do it then why do it?

If you can do it then why do it?

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...

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...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

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.

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested...

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested...

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.