Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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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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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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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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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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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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 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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Nothing succeeds like address.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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