Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

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 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...

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...

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...

If you can do it then why do it?

If you can do it then why do it?

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

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

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...

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...

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...

There is no there there.

There is no there there.

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...

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

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.

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...

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

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...