People Quotes by Fran Lebowitz

Randomness scares people. Religion is a way to explain randomness.

— Fran Lebowitz

If people don't hold grudges, it means they just don't care what people do.

— Fran Lebowitz

The first step in having any successful war is getting people to fight it.

— Fran Lebowitz

I just can't smile at people for money.

— Fran Lebowitz

Communists all seem to wear small caps, a look I consider better suited to tubes of toothpaste than to people.

— Fran Lebowitz

I always liked people who are older. Of course, every year it gets harder to find them.

— Fran Lebowitz

Because I was young, I had this long hair, and people used to try to tip me with joints.

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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

— Fran Lebowitz

Commercials and sometimes other guests - it's the down side of TV. Other people - it's the downside of life in general.

— Fran Lebowitz

The Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture.

— Fran Lebowitz

New York City is filled with the same kind of people I left New Jersey to get away from.

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When you reach a certain age, suddenly there are lots of people younger than you, which is really startling.

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I'm not a Communist. I'm an American. I'm a capitalist. I mean, I'm not a very good capitalist, myself. I'm not very…

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If there were, say, only 10 percent of the hotels that exist now, there would be all these apartments for people who…

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Life was certainly more entertaining when people were indulging their vices as opposed to going to meetings to indulge in a new…

— Fran Lebowitz

It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to…

— Fran Lebowitz

I'm not a nervous person. I'm not afraid to be on TV. I'm only afraid when I write. When I'm at my…

— Fran Lebowitz

Citizen's Band radio renders one accessible to a wide variety of people from all walks of life. It should not be forgotten…

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What people don't know is: Clothes don't really fit you unless they're made for you. Especially when you wear men's clothes, like…

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A community is a butcher and a doctor, a minister, a town troublemaker. A "community" is not a bunch of people united…

— Fran Lebowitz

Even if people aren't Republicans, it doesn't seem shocking to them that Ronald Reagan was the president. Well of course, because Arnold…

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Should novels generally be 600 pages? No, they should not. Half of writing, maybe 3/4 of writing, is editing. This seems to…

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It is not true that there is dignity in all work. Some jobs are definitely better than others… People who have good…

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Presently it appears that people are mainly concerned with being well rested. Those capable of uninterrupted sleep are much admired. Unconsciousness is…

— Fran Lebowitz

In a print interview, as you may or may not know, they [editors] can do whatever they want. And they do. This…

— Fran Lebowitz

I had to go on TV with the president of the Catholic League, which is not an official organization at all, just…

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To me, the main difference between young people now and the people I was young with isn't so much style, it's the…

— Fran Lebowitz

There are some great writers who are great talkers, but there are more great writers who are not great talkers. People seem…

— Fran Lebowitz

White grapes are very attractive but when it comes to dessert people generally like cake with icing.

— Fran Lebowitz

Things that people will say to me, mostly, is that you shouldn't have all these books. It's too expensive.

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In Rome people spend most of their time having lunch. And they do it very well - Rome is unquestionably the lunch…

— Fran Lebowitz

You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will…

— Fran Lebowitz

People elect the President for reasons that have nothing to do with his ability to be president.

— Fran Lebowitz

You sit or stand in the subway, and you look around - I do, because I don't have a phone so I'm…

— Fran Lebowitz

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.

— Fran Lebowitz

Now people need special costumes to ride bicycles. I mean, a helmet, what, are you an astronaut??

— Fran Lebowitz

If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?

— Fran Lebowitz

When people say, 'Doesn't Gloria [Vanderbilt] look great? She's 85.' I say, 'Yes, she was a raving beauty when she was 20,'…

— Fran Lebowitz

The first people who died of AIDS were artists. They were the most interesting people.

— Fran Lebowitz

When I saw a phone on a plane for the first time, I panicked ... I thought people were going to call me.

— Fran Lebowitz