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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

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 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.

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an...

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an...

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...

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

Money is always there but the pockets change

Money is always there but the pockets change

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 a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

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...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.