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 LEBOWITZIf you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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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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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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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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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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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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Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
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