Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.
FRAN LEBOWITZThe telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.
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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
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Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.
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When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
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I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child’, for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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