Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
FRAN LEBOWITZRemember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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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I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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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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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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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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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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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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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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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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