Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
FRAN LEBOWITZThe conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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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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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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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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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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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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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won’t feel like watching.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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