Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
FRAN LEBOWITZIf you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.
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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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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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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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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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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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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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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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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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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I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child’, for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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