My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores.
FRAN LEBOWITZIfyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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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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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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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
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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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