Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

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

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

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing...

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing...

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...

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...

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...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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...

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...

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

There is no there there.

There is no there there.

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...

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...