I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word – politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.
FRAN LEBOWITZDesigner clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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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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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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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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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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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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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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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 conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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