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- All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
- Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
- Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
- Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
- I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child,’ for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
- I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
- I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
- If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.
- In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
- Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep.
- My favorite animal is steak.
- No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
- Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special.
- Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
- The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
- Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
- Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
- Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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