In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
FRAN LEBOWITZHaving been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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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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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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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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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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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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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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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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