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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Money is always there but the pockets change

Money is always there but the pockets change

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

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

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...

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.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

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.

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...

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...

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

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 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...

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...

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...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

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

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

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

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...

Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood, age retains its tastes by...

Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood, age retains its tastes by...

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.