Fran Lebowitz Quotes

• Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.

  Fran Lebowitz

• 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 Lebowitz

• My favorite animal is steak.

  Fran Lebowitz

• 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.

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• In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

  Fran Lebowitz

• If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.

  Fran Lebowitz

• 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.

  Fran Lebowitz

• I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

  Fran Lebowitz

• 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.

  Fran Lebowitz

• I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.

  Fran Lebowitz

• I never met anyone who didn’t have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?

  Fran Lebowitz

• I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.

  Fran Lebowitz

• Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

  Fran Lebowitz

• Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

  Fran Lebowitz

• Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.

  Fran Lebowitz

• Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

  Fran Lebowitz

• Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.

  Fran Lebowitz

• 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.

  Fran Lebowitz

• Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.

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• Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.

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Fran Lebowitz (69)

Birth:	27th October, 1950
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Author, Speaker

About

Fran Lebowitz was born in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. She is an American author, actress, and public speaker. She 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. She has written several books include: Metropolitan Life, Social Studies, The Fran Lebowitz Reader, and Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas. Her role in several films including Public Speaking, Beautiful Darling, and Resident Alien.

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