All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
FRAN LEBOWITZDesigner clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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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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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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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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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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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
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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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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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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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