In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
FRAN LEBOWITZI never met anyone who didn’t have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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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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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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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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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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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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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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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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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