In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
FRAN LEBOWITZThere is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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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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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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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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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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