Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
FRAN LEBOWITZNo animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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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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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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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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