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
hear last life phone stage teenager
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.
assure conscious firm life refusal remain
Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
addiction rest-of-your-life things-you-love
The thing you love right away, don't do it, because that's the very thing that's going to be your addiction for the rest of your life.
smoking romance lifetime
Smoking is the great romance of my lifetime. If I could find someone I wanted forty-five times a day, perhaps I could stop.
circles modern-life crash
When I fly, I'm never afraid the plane is going to crash. But there have often been times when I was afraid it wouldn't crash. I was just afraid it was going to circle O'Hare for the rest of my life.
inspirational life motivational
Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.
eras impossible life-is
Life is so absurd now that it is almost impossible to be a satirist in this era.
funny life witty
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
funny life happiness
Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
life children smart
I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
life children food
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
life food animal
My favorite animal is steak.
apartment order outdoors pass
. . .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.