Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
FRAN LEBOWITZI 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.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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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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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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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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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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