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Fran Lebowitz [1951-0] American

Rank: 101
Journalist, Author

Frances Ann "Fran" Lebowitz is an American author and public speaker. Lebowitz is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities. Some reviewers have called her a modern-day Dorothy Parker.

Food, Funny, Art, Business, Chance, Communication, Death, Diet, Famous, Good, Great, Hope, Life, Peace, Pet, Romantic, Success, Teen

Quote	Tags	Rank
Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.	Life	101
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.	Great	102
The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.		103
In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.		104
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.	Teen	105
I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.	Chance	106
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.	Good	107
There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.	Death, Peace	108
My favorite animal is steak.	Food	109
Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.	Success	110
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.		111
I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.		112
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.		113
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.	Art	114
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.		115
You're only as good as your last haircut.	Funny	116
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.		117
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.	Romantic	118
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.		119
Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.		120
You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.	Hope	121
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.	Pet	122
Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.		123
Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.	Business	124
I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.		125
I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?		126
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.		201
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.	Diet, Food, Funny	202
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.		203
No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.		204
Andy Warhol made fame more famous.	Famous	205
The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.		206
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.		207
Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.		208
Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.		209
If you're going to America, bring your own food.	Food	210
Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.		211
Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.		212
Polite conversation is rarely either.	Communication	213
Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.		214
My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.		215
Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.		216
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.		217
If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.		218
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.		219
Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.		220
When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.		221
Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.		222
Nothing succeeds like address.		223
Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.		224
Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.		225
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.		226
Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.		301
If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.		302

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