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People Quotes by Fran Lebowitz
- Randomness scares people. Religion is a way to explain randomness.
- When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed by people with…
- Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who have ever been happy to see soybeans.
- People who get married because they're in love make a ridiculous mistake. It makes much more sense to marry your best friend. You like your…
- Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult. Many people find smoking objectionable. I myself find many -…
- People have been cooking and eating for thousands of years, so if you are the very first to have thought of adding fresh lime juice…
- If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?
- When people say, 'Doesn't Gloria [Vanderbilt] look great? She's 85.' I say, 'Yes, she was a raving beauty when she was 20,' that's the key.…
- While it is undeniably true that people love a surprise, it is equally true that they are seldom pleased to suddenly and without warning happen…
- In New York, people are very overbooked.You say, When do you want to have dinner? It's May. They say, What about October? And then they…
- New York City is filled with the same kind of people I left New Jersey to get away from.
- Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
- Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have…
- I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other…
- Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
- The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
- 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…
- Presently it appears that people are mainly concerned with being well rested. Those capable of uninterrupted sleep are much admired. Unconsciousness is in great demand.…
- It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry.…
- Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who have ever been happy to see soy beans
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle