Fran Lebowitz

Author

1950 –

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Who is Fran Lebowitz?

Frances Ann "Fran" Lebowitz is 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.

Famous Quotes:

  • There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
  • You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
  • The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
  • Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
  • Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion-picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word collectible as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.
  • If you're going to America, bring your own food.
  • All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
  • 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.
  • Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
  • Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

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Born
Oct 27, 1950
Morristown
Religion
  • Judaism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Morristown

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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