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 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.
effort bigs given
I always make a big effort to make a distinction between what is actually worse or what is just worse about not being 21. Of course, it's much worse not to be 21. This is a given. But there are things that are worse.
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.
wanted extra-work extras
I never wanted to have any extra money, if it meant having to have any extra work.
laziness persons
I'm like the laziest person who ever lived. It's amazing to me I even sit up.
want minutes used
The Word Lady: Most Often Used to Describe Someone You Wouldn't Want to Talk to for Even Five Minutes.
morning food snacks
Raisins are a thing that lasts, they come in small boxes, and you always feel like eating raisins, even at six in the morning. A raisin is always an appropriate snack.
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?
government interesting democracy
Democracy is an interesting, even laudable, notion and there is no question but that when compared to Communism, which is too dull, or Fascism, which is too exciting, it emerges as the most palatable form of government.
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.