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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

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...

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

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.

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.

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

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....

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

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

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