“That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two greatest needs and desires — smoking cigarettes and plotting revenge — are basically solitary pursuits.”
― The Fran Lebowitz Reader
― The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake. What you don't know won't hurt you. Sleep is death without the responsibility.”
― Metropolitan Life/Social Studies
― Metropolitan Life/Social Studies
“I am not the type of person who wants to go back to the land I am the type who wants to got back to the hotel.”
― Metropolitan Life/Social Studies
― Metropolitan Life/Social Studies
“The second thing that distinguishes you, sets you apart from the crowd, is that everybody in the entire world likes his eggs done a different and special way. When it comes to eggs, everyone has his own subtle preference, his own individual taste. So the next time that someone asks you how you like your eggs, speak right up. After all, you only go around once.”
― The Fran Lebowitz Reader
― The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“First of all, nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.”
― The Fran Lebowitz Reader
― The Fran Lebowitz Reader
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