Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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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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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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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.
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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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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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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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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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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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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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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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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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