The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
FRAN LEBOWITZAndy Warhol made fame more famous.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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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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You can’t go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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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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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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My favorite animal is steak.
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.
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