Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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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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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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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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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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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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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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