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

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

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...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an...

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an...

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

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

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

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...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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

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

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

There is a difference between twenty-nine and thirty. When you are twenty-nine it can be...

There is a difference between twenty-nine and thirty. When you are twenty-nine it can be...

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...