I never met anyone who didn’t have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
FRAN LEBOWITZVegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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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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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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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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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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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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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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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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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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