It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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

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

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is...

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is...

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

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...

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

Romance is everything.

Romance is everything.

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

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

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

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

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 as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

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.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

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.

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...

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.

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

Live and let live

Live and let live

Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to...

Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to...