I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Gertrude Stein Quotes

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

There is no there there.

There is no there there.

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

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

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

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

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...

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...

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

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...

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first...

Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first...

Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible...

Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible...