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 do.

Quote by Fran Lebowitz

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If you're going to America, bring your own food.

If you're going to America, bring your own food.

Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut...

Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut...

My favorite animal is steak.

My favorite animal is steak.

Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make...

Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make...

Love is an attachment to another self. Humor is a form of self-detachment - a...

Love is an attachment to another self. Humor is a form of self-detachment - a...

Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

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.

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent...

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent...

My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as...

My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as...

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...

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...

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.

You're only as good as your last haircut.

You're only as good as your last haircut.

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you...

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you...

Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat...

Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat...

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...

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.

Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.

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...

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.