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 LEBOWITZContrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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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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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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