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.
FRAN LEBOWITZGreat people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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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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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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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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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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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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