for someone such as myself, who is kind of feckless and immature, it's better to have rich friends than to be rich… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
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… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Children are rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money. There are, however, exceptions, and such children… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
There were a zillion bad jobs. That doesn't exist any more. I mean, I could wake up one afternoon with zero money… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Being poor is like being a child. Being rich is like being an adult: you get to do whatever you want. Everyone… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
One [New York] eatery is a remodeled diner that looks like what Busby Berkeley would have done if only he hadn't had… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Luckily when you drive a cab there are two things: You don't have a boss in the cab with you, and you… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Take away a man's actual sense of manhood - which is conventionally based on the ability to work, to earn money, to… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I never wanted to have any extra money, if it meant having to have any extra work. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Middle class was defined by having certain values and only a certain amount of money. But this new middle class seems to… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I hate money. It is boring and it is arithmetic. The two things I hate the most. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
New York was always more expensive than the other places, even when it was going bankrupt. In other words, in 1971, New… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Money...buys privacy, silence. The less money you have, the noisier it is; the thinner your walls, the closer your neighbors.... The first… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Children do not really need money. After all, they don't have to pay rent or send mailgrams. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Why not have your first baby at sixty, when your husband is already dead and your career is over? Then you can really devote… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I think humor is warmer, and wit is colder. Wit is judgment, whereas humor invites some sort of response. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Communists all seem to wear small caps, a look I consider better suited to tubes of toothpaste than to people. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
“lack, or loutish and crass kollective is a program dedicated to the proposition that vulgarity and bad taste are an inalienable right. the lackies,… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
[Friendships] are easy to get out of compared to love affairs, but they are not easy to get out of compared to, say, jail. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Smoking is, as far as I'm concerned, the entire point of being an adult. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed by people… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
The first time I ever saw platform shoes in the '70s, I knew they'd been revived from the '40s, and I felt sickened. And… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Children ask better questions than adults. "May I have a cookie?" "Why is the sky blue?" and "What does a cow say?" are far… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
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![“We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for the opportunity. Obviously, a person who is really dumb is not gonna make a zillion dollars. But for a person who is really smart, really smart, it's a boring pursuit. It's…” quote by Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c88/fran-lebowitz-690_boring_we-live-in-a-culture-where-everyone-is-p_2514246.jpg)
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