Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
FRAN LEBOWITZCalling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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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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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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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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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 must take issue with the term ‘a mere child’, for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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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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