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
country smart believe
There's also the idea in this country [USA], it's not wholly new, but it's new in its kind of purity, in that you have to be really smart to be really rich. I always say to people, the reason people believe this is a) they've never met a really smart person, and b) they've never met a really rich person. I have met both, and I cannot see the crossover. You do not have to be a genius to get rich. You have to be ruthless to get rich.
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I don't like the kind of country living where you have to help. I like country living where there is help.
country couple war
The effect of AIDS was like a war in a minute country. Like, in World War I, a whole generation of Englishmen died all at once. And with AIDS, a whole generation of gay men died practically all at once, within a couple of years.
country enemy united-states
If I lived in another country, like a country that was, say, an enemy of the United States, I would be more amused than I am.
country ideas america
It's very important who the president of the United States is. America is a great idea, so that's why it's a great country.
country democracy unions
In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
country lying ignorance
The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told blatant lies -- easily checkable, blatant lies -- and I'm not talking about the covert workings of the CIA. When we have a terrorist attack, on September 11, 2001 with 19 men -- 15 of them are Saudis -- and five minutes later the whole country thinks they're from Iraq -- how can you have faith in the public? This is an easily checkable fact. The whole country is like the O. J. Simpson jurors.
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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.
allow children mix
Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.
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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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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
book cause high school unpopular
Having been unpopular in high school is not a just cause for book publication
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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