The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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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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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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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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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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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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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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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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