Quotations of selected author

Fran Lebowitz


1. "The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink."

categories: Manners and Ethics -:- Science and Technology


2. "The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting."

source: "Social Studies"

categories: Oration and Silence


3. "Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you."

categories: Science and Technology -:- Youth and Age


4. "Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met."

source: "Social Studies"

categories: Intellect, Judgement -:- Sin and Conscience


5. "My favorite animal is steak."

categories: Nature and Animals -:- Various


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

categories: Life and Death


7. "I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?"

categories: Intellect, Judgement -:- Youth and Age


8. "Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine."

categories: Health and Alcohol -:- Oration and Silence



9. "Food is an important part of a balanced diet."

categories: Health and Alcohol


10. "Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying."

categories: Family and Loneliness -:- Richness and Money