Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
FRAN LEBOWITZChildren are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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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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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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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores.
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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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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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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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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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