Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
FRAN LEBOWITZScientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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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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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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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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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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