The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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Romantic love is mental illness. But it’s a pleasurable one. It’s a drug. It distorts reality, and that’s the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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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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Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won’t feel like watching.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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I never met anyone who didn’t have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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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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