Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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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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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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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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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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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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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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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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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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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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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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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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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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