If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer. – Gertrude Stein
There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing. – Gertrude Stein
The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn’t make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it. – Gertrude Stein
One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come. – Gertrude Stein
It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son. – Gertrude Stein
Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you completely in anything. – Gertrude Stein
Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. – Gertrude Stein
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. – Gertrude Stein
The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting. – Gertrude Stein
Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family. – Gertrude Stein
Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing string beans is universal. – Gertrude Stein
It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true. – Gertrude Stein
It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important. – Gertrude Stein
There is a difference between twenty-nine and thirty. When you are twenty-nine it can be the beginning of everything. When you are thirty it can be the end of everything. – Gertrude Stein