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.
FRAN LEBOWITZVery few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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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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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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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Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
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I 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.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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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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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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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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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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