Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.
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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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
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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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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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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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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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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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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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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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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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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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