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.
FRAN LEBOWITZAndy Warhol made fame more famous.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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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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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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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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If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.
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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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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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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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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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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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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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