Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
FRAN LEBOWITZIn the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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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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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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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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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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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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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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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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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
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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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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
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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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