If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.
FRAN LEBOWITZVery few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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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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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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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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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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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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