Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
FRAN LEBOWITZWhen you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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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I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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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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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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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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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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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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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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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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