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 LEBOWITZI place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word – politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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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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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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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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