Fran Lebowitz Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

20 Famous Quotes by Fran Lebowitz
[1-20] 
“In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.”
Capitalism Quotes
“Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy”
Fantasy Quotes
“Love that we can not have is the one that lasts the longest, hurts the deepest and feels the strongest...”
Romantic love Quotes
“Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.”
Teenage Quotes
“Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast the disc jockey is not allowed to talk.”
Media and entertainment Quotes
“Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is merely a good excuse not to play football.”
Sports:football Quotes
“Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.”
Sleep Quotes
“No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation."”
Dogs Quotes
“If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail.”
Dogs Quotes
“Children make the most desirable opponents in Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.”
Opponents Quotes
“Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.”
Originality Quotes
“Food is an important part of a balanced diet.”
Balance Quotes
“Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.”
Buying Quotes
“The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.”
Waiting Quotes
“Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.”
Books and reading Quotes
“Only the little people pay taxes.”
Finance and economics Quotes
“The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. -Fran Lebowitz.”
Listening Quotes
“If men knew all that women think, they'd be twenty times more daring.”
Men and women Quotes
“Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.”
Miscellaneous Quotes