Polite conversation is rarely either.

Quote by Fran Lebowitz

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I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these...

I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these...

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you...

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you...

To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back...

To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back...

If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be...

If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be...

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts...

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts...

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure...

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure...

If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded...

If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded...

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

My favorite animal is steak.

My favorite animal is steak.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

Women who insist upon having the same options as men would do well to consider...

Women who insist upon having the same options as men would do well to consider...

My favorite animal is steak.

My favorite animal is steak.

Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because...

Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because...

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about...

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about...

I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or...

I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or...

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will...

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will...

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

School is a jail. Classes are the cells, teachers are the security guards and we...

School is a jail. Classes are the cells, teachers are the security guards and we...