Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
FRAN LEBOWITZIn real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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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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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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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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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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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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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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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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