Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
FRAN LEBOWITZDon’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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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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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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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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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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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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