In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
FRAN LEBOWITZIf you’re going to America, bring your own food.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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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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I 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.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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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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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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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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Nothing succeeds like address.
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I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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