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.
FRAN LEBOWITZIf you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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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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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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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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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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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