When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Gertrude Stein Quotes

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

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.

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...

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

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

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to...

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

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...

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

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

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...

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

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...

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

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

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population.

Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before...

[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before...

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the...

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the...