The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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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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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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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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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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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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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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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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