The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting. Gertrude Stein More Quotes by Gertrude Stein More Quotes From Gertrude Stein If fishes were wishes the ocean would be all of our desire. Gertrude Stein ocean fishing desire Repeating then is in every one, in every one their being Gertrude Stein speech feelings way Forensics is eloquence and reduction. Gertrude Stein forensics reduction eloquence I tell you old and young are better than tired middle-aged, nothing is so dead dead-tired, dead every way as middle-aged. Gertrude Stein tired age way Family living can go on existing. Very many are Gertrude Stein certain goes-on remember ... anybody is as their land and air is. Anybody is as the sky is low or high, the air heavy or clear and anybody is as there is wind or no wind there. It is that which makes them and the arts they make and the work they do and the way they eat and the way they drink and the way they learn and everything. Gertrude Stein land wind art A novel is what you dream in your night sleep. A novel is not waking thoughts although it is written and thought with waking thoughts. Gertrude Stein dream sleep night Governing is occupying but not interesting, governments are occupying but not interesting. Gertrude Stein governing government interesting There are of course people who are more important than others in that they have more importance in the world but this is not essential and it ceases to be. I have no sense of difference in this respect because every human being comprises the combination form. Gertrude Stein equality differences people Eating too much meat gives you indigestion and evil thoughts make you eat too much meat. Gertrude Stein too-much evil giving There is no passion more dominant and instinctive in the human spirit than the need of the country to which one belongs.... The time comes when nothing in the world is so important as a breath of one's own particular climate. If it were one's last penny it would be used for that return passage. Gertrude Stein passion important country Success is the result achieved when nobody answers. Gertrude Stein results answers success College professors have two bad traits. They are logical Gertrude Stein academia college two Patriarchal Poetry makes mistakes. Gertrude Stein patriarchy making-mistakes mistake Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation. Gertrude Stein this-generation literature religion Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls. Gertrude Stein girl literature men Repeating is the whole of living and by repeating comes understanding, and understanding is to some the most important part of living. Gertrude Stein repetition understanding important How I wish I were able to say what I think. Gertrude Stein speech wish thinking It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important. Gertrude Stein france important literature Nobody knows what I am trying to do but I do and I know when I succeed. Gertrude Stein nobody-knows succeed trying
