Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.
FRAN LEBOWITZRomantic love is mental illness. But it’s a pleasurable one. It’s a drug. It distorts reality, and that’s the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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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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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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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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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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