Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
FRAN LEBOWITZHumility is no substitute for a good personality.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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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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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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