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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Gertrude Stein Quotes

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

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

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

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...

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...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

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...

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

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

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

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...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

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...

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

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...

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...

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

There is no there there.

There is no there there.