The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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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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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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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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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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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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