The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
FRAN LEBOWITZI’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores.
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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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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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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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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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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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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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If 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.
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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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