You can’t go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
FRAN LEBOWITZNature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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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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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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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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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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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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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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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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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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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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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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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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