In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
FRAN LEBOWITZThe telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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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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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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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 figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
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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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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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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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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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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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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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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