I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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 took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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You 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.
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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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.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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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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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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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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