Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
FRAN LEBOWITZ
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.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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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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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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 favorite animal is steak.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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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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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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