Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
FRAN LEBOWITZYou can’t go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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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 real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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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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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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My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores.
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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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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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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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