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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The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

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...

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

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...

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...

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to...

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to...

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...

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...

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

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...

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.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

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...

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.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...