Fran Lebowitz Famous Quotes
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.
The controversial overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
"Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra."
"Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky."
Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
"The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive-you are leaking."
"If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract -- teach him to deduct."
"All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable."
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
"Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine."
"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."
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail."
I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or or not.
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
"In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra."
No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
My favorite animal is steak.
"Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special."
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
"Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable."
Fran Lebowitz Quotations
"If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it."
Herodotus
"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought , and attended to my answer."
Henry David Thoreau
"It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to-day for to-morrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket."
Miguel de Cervantes
"Intellectually, religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves to the current view of the world and consecrate it."
John Dewey
"Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason."
Francis Bacon
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.
Norman Cousins
"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
Baruch Spinoza
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Sren Aaby Kierkegaard
"In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof."
John Kenneth Galbraith
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort."
Theodore Roosevelt