If you can do it then why do it?

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

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...

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...

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

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...

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed...

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

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

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

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...