The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you are what you or anybody else knows you are and as everything in living is made up of finding out what you are it is…

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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...

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

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...

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

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...

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

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.

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

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...

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

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...

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

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...

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

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.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

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.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even...

There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even...

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy