Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz
Frances Ann "Fran" Lebowitzis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEssayist
Date of Birth27 October 1950
CityMorristown, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational wisdom book
Think before you speak. Read before you think.
artist interesting people
The first people who died of AIDS were artists. They were the most interesting people.
inspirational real math
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
heart people house
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.
allow children mix
Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.
cement children color discussing interest mixer persist recently subtle topic
Notoriously insensitive to subtle shifts in moods, children will persist in discussing the color of a recently sighted cement mixer long after one's interest in the topic has waned
believe mean people
I'm not a Communist. I'm an American. I'm a capitalist. I mean, I'm not a very good capitalist, myself. I'm not very good at it, but it's not that I'm not for capitalism. But people who believe in things like corporate citizenship, it's idiotic. I mean, it shows you're an idiot.
art cheer made
Perhaps the least cheering statement ever made on the subject of art is that life imitates it.
people looks communist
Communists all seem to wear small caps, a look I consider better suited to tubes of toothpaste than to people.
wise moving thinking
Think before you speak. Read before you think. This will give you something to think about that you didn't make up yourself - a wise move at any age, but most especially at seventeen, when you are in the greatest danger of coming to annoying conclusions.
book world want
If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer -- not a book.
moving restaurants assurance
Do not approach with anything even resembling assurance a restaurant that moves.
lying book writing
If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass.
hurt lying talking
The French probably invented the very notion of discretion. It's not that they feel that what you don't know won't hurt you; they feel that what you don't know won't hurt them. To the French lying is simply talking.