You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie down and die and to never have lived, to have been a job chaser and never have lived

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Living Quotes

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...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

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.

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

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

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

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...

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

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

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an...

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an...

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.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

Romance is everything.

Romance is everything.

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.

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

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

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...