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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

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.

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

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...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

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...

Romance is everything.

Romance is everything.

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

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

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

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...

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

There is no there there.

There is no there there.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

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...

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...

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.