You’re only as good as your last haircut.
FRAN LEBOWITZIn the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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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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My favorite animal is steak.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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 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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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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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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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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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 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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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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