Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
FRAN LEBOWITZYour life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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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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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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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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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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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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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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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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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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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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