Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
FRAN LEBOWITZI 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.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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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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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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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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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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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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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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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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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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I never met anyone who didn’t have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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