A Quote by Gertrude Stein

One never discusses anything with anybody who can understand one discusses things with people who cannot understand.

Gertrude Stein

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Anybody Anything Cannot Never People Things Understand

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Gertrude Stein
American - Novelist
February 3, 1874 - July 27, 1946

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

Claude Monet

The rules of magic, my dear, are best not discusses. For once we understand the illusion, we no longer believe it.

Libba Bray

I'm not one of those actors who sits around the table and intellectualizing anything, or discusses much of anything. Everything for me is intuitive and instinctive.

Chris Bauer

Be very sure of this,-people never reject the Bible because they cannot understand it. They understand it only too well; they understand that it condemns their own behavior; they understand that it witnesses against their own sins, and summons them to judgment.

J. C. Ryle

I don't criticise anybody, but I just don't understand religion. Like I don't understand nationalism. These are the two things that cause wars. I don't understand why they are supposed to be good things.

Hugh Masekela

Man is just a memory. You understand things around you by the help of the knowledge that was put in you. You perhaps need the artist to explain his modern art, but you don't need anybody's help to understand a flower. You can deal with anything, you can do anything if you do not waste your energy trying to achieve imaginary goals.

U.G. Krishnamurti

A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never apologizes. A cat never alibis. You must accept a cat as it is and for what it is and not expect more than the pleasure of its company.

Terry Brooks

No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady.

Keith Miller

The author discusses valueless measures in pointless spaces.

Paul Halmos

'Still Clean' discusses the hopelessness of waiting for someone who's abandoned you.

Soccer Mommy

We can use the romantic relationship as a microcosmic example. Until you really understand the other person and where they're coming from and you understand yourself and how you contribute to things, you can never make that relationship better. And I think sometimes people don't understand how much these things are related.

Christina Ricci

Only when you understand people, they may understand you. So even though you do not say anything, if you understand people there is some communication.

Shunryu Suzuki

I am a producer who NEVER discusses her budgets, EVER, ever ever.

Lauren Shuler Donner

The world is filled with people who understand. I personally value people who don't understand. People who understand have nothing more to learn. People who don't understand have hope. Do you understand?

Frederick Lenz

There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand.