I think humor is warmer, and wit is colder. Wit is judgment, whereas humor invites some sort of response. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I do not think everyone is created equal. In fact, I know they're not. [The Constitution] means that everyone should have the… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
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
A dog who thinks he is a man's best friend is a dog who obviously has never met a tax lawyer. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I have always preferred the company of older people. No one in the history of the world has had less interest in… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater? — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Think before you speak. Read before you think. This will give you something to think about that you didn't make up yourself… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I happen to love a good run almost as much as sex. Like sex, there are often times I don't think I'm… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
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… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
It's very important when making a friend to check and see if they have a private plane. People think a good personality… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
There are certain relationships I think I'm great at: I'm the world's greatest daughter. I'm a great relative. I believe I'm a… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
When someone asks, 'Why do you think he's not calling me?' there's always one answer - 'He's not interested.' There's not ever… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
if you live in New York and you have a guest room, you have guests. So I think it's best not to… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Most writers write too much. I have the exact opposite problem. I feel I could write almost anything in a paragraph. I… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I think writing for me has always been a matter of fear. Writing is fear and not writing is fear. I am… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I think one manifestation of integrity is holding a grudge. Saying no is a little different. Holding a grudge is the modern… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I have a hard time writing. Most writers have a hard time writing. I have a harder time than most because I'm… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Because of the Internet everybody sees the same stuff. You can buy the clothes of New York, even if you're not living… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
The theater itself is so archaic and old fashioned, that it doesn't really matter to me whether it's on Avenue D or… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I could not possibly be in a relationship now for more than six days. When I was younger, I might have said… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
When we were young, we knew things. We knew basic history, even as it related to fashion. Now, when something reappears, an… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
American women think that clothes fit them if they can fit into them. But that's not at all what fit means. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
New York was always more expensive than any other place in the United States, but you could live in New York -… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
My other hobby, because I just love any job with a gavel, is auctioneer. And I so often have presided over charity… — 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