Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
FRAN LEBOWITZI place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word – politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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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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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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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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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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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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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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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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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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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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