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.
FRAN LEBOWITZSuccess didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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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.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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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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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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