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.
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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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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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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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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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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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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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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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