Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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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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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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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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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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