The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
FRAN LEBOWITZHumility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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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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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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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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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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I never met anyone who didn’t have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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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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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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