What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage. Gertrude Stein on marriage
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 on men
But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still don't get young men standing up and saying, 'How can I combine career and family?' Gertrude Stein on men
Money is always there but the pockets change it is not in the same pockets after a change, and that is all there is to say about money. Gertrude Stein on money
The thing that differentiates man from animals is money. Gertrude Stein on money
What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country. Gertrude Stein on music
Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting. Gertrude Stein on nature
I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient. Gertrude Stein on patience
In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody. Gertrude Stein on peace
Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. Gertrude Stein on poetry
There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer. Gertrude Stein on politics
Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation. Gertrude Stein on religion
What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage. Gertrude Stein on religion