Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
FRAN LEBOWITZDo 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.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.
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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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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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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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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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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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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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Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.
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