Fran Lebowitz Quotes
Quotebunny has 38 quotations by Fran Lebowitz.
“Andy Warhol made fame more famous.”
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.”
“Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.”
“Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.”
“Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.”
“Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.”
“Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.”
“Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.”
“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.”
“Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.”
“Humility is no substitute for a good personality.”
“I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.”
“I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.”
“I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.”
“If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.”
“If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.”
“In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.”
“In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.”
“My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.”
Fran Lebowitz Bio:
Frances Ann "Fran" Lebowitz (born October 27, 1950) is an American author.
Born and raised in Morristown, New Jersey, Lebowitz is best known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities. Some reviewers have called her a modern day Dorothy Parker.
After being expelled from high school and receiving a GED, Lebowitz worked many odd jobs before being hired by Andy Warhol as a columnist for Interview. This was followed by a stint at Mademoiselle. Her first book was a collection of essays titled Metropolitan Life, released in 1978, followed by Social Studies in 1981, both of which are collected (with a new introductory essay) in The Fran Lebowitz Reader.
For more than twenty years she has been famous in part for not writing Exterior Signs of Wealth, a long-overdue novel purportedly about rich people who want to be artists, and artists who want to be rich. She also made several appearances on Late Night With David Letterman during the early part of its run. Recently she has made recurring appearances as Judge Janice Goldberg on the television drama Law & Order.
In September 2007, Fran Lebowitz was named one of the year's most stylish women in Vanity Fair's 68th Annual International Best-Dressed List, and is known to sport tailored suits by the Savile Row tailor Anderson & Sheppard.
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