"It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.“


-Gertrude Stein

posted in funny


It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work."

-Gertrude Stein

workView Quote
"Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women do not tell them so."

-Gertrude Stein

womenView Quote
"Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens."

-Gertrude Stein

womenView Quote
"In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody."

-Gertrude Stein

warView Quote
"War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost."

-Gertrude Stein

warView Quote
"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

warView Quote

More Quotes About funny

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"The last person they expected to connect with a screenplay was the comedic, blonde actress with the funny voice."

-Joey Lauren Adams

funnyView Quote
"But I think funny and talent will always win out I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that."

-Wanda Sykes

funnyView Quote
"It is funny because the guy who is my boss now, Howard Stern, has a similarity there. He got big being a regular guy. He wasn't the greatest looking guy in the world."

-Artie Lange

funnyView Quote
"I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business."

-Wanda Sykes

funnyView Quote
"When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group."

-Shirin Ebadi

funnyView Quote
"So it was just funny to read a script that was just similar to what had been going on in my life."

-Piper Perabo

funnyView Quote