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Letter "F" » Fran Lebowitz Quotes
«Food is an important part of a balanced diet.»
«Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat»
Author: Fran Lebowitz
(Humorist, Writer)
| Keywords:
cut of meat, meat, sense of purpose, unaccompanied, Vegetables
«Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don't are ladies. This is, however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should one of you boys happen upon a girl who doesn't put out, do not jump to the conclusion that you have found a lady. What you have probably found is a lesbian.»
Author: Fran Lebowitz
(Humorist, Writer)
| Keywords:
archaic, boys, conclusion, happen upon, jump, ladies, Lesbian, lesbians, put out, The Conclusion, tramp, tramped, tramps, usage
«Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.»
«Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.»
«There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.»
Author: Fran Lebowitz
(Humorist, Writer)
| Keywords:
constitutes, Inner peace, nervousness, unacceptable
«Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.»
Author: Fran Lebowitz
(Humorist, Writer)
| About:
Mankind
| Keywords:
average, averages, ideas, on average, on the average, small talk, talk, talk about, wine, wines
«The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.»
«When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.»
Author: Fran Lebowitz
(Humorist, Writer)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
astonished, clean, New York, Rest of the world, York
«Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.»
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