I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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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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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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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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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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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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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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
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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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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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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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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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