Gertrude Stein Quotes

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.

Gertrude Stein

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 3, 1874 - July 27, 1946

Topics

DiaryYesMeansIndeed

I have been extraordinarily fortunate in my life, luckier than almost anybody on this planet. And whenever I ran into challenges, my parents did everything they could so that I could maximize my own potential.

Joe Kennedy III

LifeParentsChallengesPotential

In this way, the charge that the bank makes for the use of its notes - the interest - is a continual and universal tax upon all the members of the community.

John Buchanan Robinson

CommunityTaxWayBankNotesCharge

I like telling stories with a sense of humor. But humor can also distance you from the subject you're writing about. I'm interested in using humor as a portal to something a bit more serious.

Jens Lekman

HumorWritingYouSense Of Humor

I've been in Hamburg for about ten years and I just feel at home.

Andrew Eldritch

HomeFeelTen YearsYearsBeenJust

Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.

Andre Agassi

GreatTogetherYourselfChallenges

Part of the appeal of fantasy for me is that I don't get bored. If I want to write quasi-Medieval, that's what I write. If I feel like doing contemporary for a while, then I'll do it.

Melanie Rawn

MeFeelDoingWantFantasyWrite

As far as this business of solitary confinement goes, the most important thing for survival is communication with someone, even if it's only a wave or a wink, a tap on the wall, or to have a guy put his thumb up. It makes all the difference.

John McCain

CommunicationBusinessWaveSurvival

My greatest sense of accomplishment has come from having two amazing sons, but it's also a paradox in that the times when I felt like the biggest failure have been times when I felt like, as a parent, I wasn't making the right decisions or succeeding in the way that I should.

Michael Franti

FailureAmazingAccomplishmentParent

I will do anything to protect Mr. Trump.

Michael Cohen

WillProtectAnythingTrumpMr

My egotistical concern was less that I would fail to relate to my classmates than that they would know nothing of my uniquely tortured life's course and, thus, me.

John Thorn

LifeMeKnowNothingClassmates

The necessity for rules and strictness is a way of dealing with an enormously powerful impulse: Germans are among the most emotional people on the planet. Maybe it has to do with the fact that, as a nation, they are always drawn back to nature and the forest.

Simon Rattle

NaturePeopleForestPowerfulRules

If you got more than one letter from somebody who said they hated you, it meant they kept watching.

Trevor Moore

YouSaidMoreWatchingGotSomebody

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