Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
FRAN LEBOWITZThe conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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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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My favorite animal is steak.
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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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