That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back. – Gertrude Stein
It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them. – Gertrude Stein
An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work. – Gertrude Stein
It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business. – Gertrude Stein
The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families. – Bob Schieffer