I am not personally a parent. But I do have two godchildren and am expecting a third. I am naturally concerned for… — 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
Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
The effect of AIDS was like a war in a minute country. Like, in World War I, a whole generation of Englishmen… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough. — 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
In Rome people spend most of their time having lunch. And they do it very well - Rome is unquestionably the lunch… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
If people had gavels, there would be no wars. If every person in the world had a gavel and could bang it… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
There is one thing that has disappeared, not just from the U.S. but from the entire world, is the idea of ever… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
There are some great writers who are great talkers, but there are more great writers who are not great talkers. People seem… — 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