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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Progress Quotes, Science Quotes

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

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.

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

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.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

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

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

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

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...

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.

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...

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

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...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

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...

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

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...