Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
FRAN LEBOWITZMy desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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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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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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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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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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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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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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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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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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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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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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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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