Gertrude Stein

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

— Gertrude Stein

#everything #i #i am #i think #important

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#anybody #makes #more #nobody #space

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

— Gertrude Stein

#forget #larger #population #propaganda #way

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#doing #genius #lot #much #nothing

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#child #children #conscious #everybody #existence

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed and said, In that case, what is the question? Then she died. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#asked #before #came #case #died

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#any #argument #believing #breathe #cannot

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

— Gertrude Stein

#men #pearls #swine

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#better #different #does #get #older

Action and reaction are equal and opposite. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#equal #opposite #reaction