Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.
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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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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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