I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
FRAN LEBOWITZTo 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.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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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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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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Romantic love is mental illness. But it’s a pleasurable one. It’s a drug. It distorts reality, and that’s the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.
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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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