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.
FRAN LEBOWITZAll God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.
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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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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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