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
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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
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. . .to me the outdoors is what you have to pass through in order to get from your apartment into a taxicab.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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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.
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Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.
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I am alternately very gregarious - very sociable - and then very solitary.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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I wouldn't say that I dislike the young. I'm simply not a fan of naïveté.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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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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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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.