No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
FRAN LEBOWITZLife is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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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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Nothing succeeds like address.
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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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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 figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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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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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores.
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