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.
FRAN LEBOWITZNo animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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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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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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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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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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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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