Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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 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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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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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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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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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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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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