Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.
FRAN LEBOWITZYou can’t go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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You can’t go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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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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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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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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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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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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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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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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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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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