Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
FRAN LEBOWITZAs a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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I never met anyone who didn’t have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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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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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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 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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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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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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