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
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
It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself. – Gertrude Stein
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television. – Lewis Thomas