Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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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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Nothing succeeds like address.
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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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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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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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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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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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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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