There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
FRAN LEBOWITZRemember 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.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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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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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
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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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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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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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Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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