Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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There is no there there.

There is no there there.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

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...

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

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

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

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...

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...

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is...

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is...

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

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...

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

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

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...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

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

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

Money is always there but the pockets change

Money is always there but the pockets change

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...

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the...

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the...

In my opinion hard core gardeners, like eco-terrorists, some street gangs, and any American militia...

In my opinion hard core gardeners, like eco-terrorists, some street gangs, and any American militia...