Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
FRAN LEBOWITZYour life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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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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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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Romantic love is mental illness. But it’s a pleasurable one. It’s a drug. It distorts reality, and that’s the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
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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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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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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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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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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 conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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