Gertrude Stein

"Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening. "

"Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation. "

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. "

"Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. "

"F. Scott Fitzgerald is the first of the last generation. "

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

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

"Silent gratitude isn't very much use to anyone. "

"There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer. "

"What is the answer I was silent. In that case, what is the question "

"When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that. "

"You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud puddle. "