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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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...

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

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...

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

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.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

There is no there there.

There is no there there.

If you can do it then why do it?

If you can do it then why do it?

Romance is everything.

Romance is everything.

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...

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and...

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

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.