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
food dinner-guests hot
Cold soup is a very tricky thing and it is a rare hostess who can carry it off. More often than not the dinner guest is left with the impression that had he only come a little earlier he could have gotten it while it was still hot.
food cake white
White grapes are very attractive but when it comes to dessert people generally like cake with icing.
food wine law
Cheese that is required by law to append the word food to its title does not go well with red wine or fruit.
paris matter remember
remember this: no matter how politely or distinctly you ask a Parisian a question he will persist in answering you in French.
laziness persons
I'm like the laziest person who ever lived. It's amazing to me I even sit up.
downfall diets
The downfall of most diets is that they restrict your intake of food.
nice school library
Did it ever occur to anyone that if you put nice libraries in public schools you wouldn't have to put them in prisons?
food japan average
Japanese food is very pretty and undoubtedly a suitable cuisine in Japan, which is largely populated by people of below average size. Hostesses hell-bent on serving such food to occidentals would be well advised to supplement it with something more substantial and to keep in mind that almost everybody likes french fries.
mistake race europe
One of the big mistakes they made in Europe is that the circumstances in which you most frequently read or hear the word "race" or "racism" in Europe applies to Muslims. Which is not a race. It is a religion. You can convert to this. You cannot convert your race. I could become a Muslim. I could not become a Chinese person or a black person. So they constantly use that in Europe.
democracy too-much culture
There's too much democracy in the culture, not enough in the society.
fleeting insight inhumane
Generally speaking, it is inhumane to detain a fleeting insight.
smart opportunity dumb
We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for the opportunity. Obviously, a person who is really dumb is not gonna make a zillion dollars. But for a person who is really smart, really smart, it's a boring pursuit. It's not endlessly fascinating.