Frases de Fran Lebowitz

„Pregúntale a tu hijo qué quiere para cenar solo si está comprando.“

—  Fran Lebowitz

„Think before you speak. Read before you think. This will give you something to think about that you didn't make up yourself - a wise move at any age, but most especially at seventeen, when you are in the greatest danger of coming to annoying conclusions.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Social Studies

"Tips for Teens".
Social Studies (1981)

„Bread that must be sliced with an ax is bread that is too nourishing.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Metropolitan Life

"Food for Thought and Vice Versa" (p. 109).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

„Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publication.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Metropolitan Life

"Letters" (p. 143).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

„Children do not really need money. After all, they don't have to pay rent or send mailgrams.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Social Studies

"Parental Guidance".
Social Studies (1981)

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

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Social Studies

"People".
Social Studies (1981)

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

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Metropolitan Life

"Letters" (p. 143).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

„Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Social Studies

"Tips for Teens".
Social Studies (1981)

„All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive — you are leaking.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Metropolitan Life

"Manners" (p. 6).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

„I understand, of course, that many people find smoking objectionable. That is their right. I would, I assure you, be the very last to criticize the annoyed. I myself find many-- even most-- things objectionable. Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one's home. I do not like aftershave lotion, adults who roller-skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan. I do not, however, go around enacting legislation and putting up signs. In private I avoid such people; in public they have the run of the place. I stay at home as much as possible, and so should they. When it is necessary, however, to go out of the house, they must be prepared, as I am, to deal with the unpleasant personal habits of others. That is what "public" means.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Social Studies

"When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes...Shut Them".
Social Studies (1981)

„Any child who cannot do long division by himself does not deserve to smoke.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Metropolitan Life

"Digital Clocks and Pocket Calculators: Spoilers of Youth" (p. 84).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

„Women who insist on having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong, silent type.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Metropolitan Life

"Letters" (p. 143).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

„The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Social Studies

"People".
Social Studies (1981)

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

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Metropolitan Life

"Mars: Living in a Small Way" (p. 101).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

„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.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Metropolitan Life

"No News is Preferable" ( p. 221 http://books.google.com/books?id=wKnCCIk9O0wC&q=%22Radio+news+is+bearable+This+is+due+to+the+fact+that+while+the+news+is+being+broadcast+the+disc+jockey+is+not+allowed+to+talk%22&pg=PA221#v=onepage)
Originally published in "The Lebowitz Report" http://books.google.com/books?id=k_MxAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Radio+news+is+bearable+This+is+due+to+the+fact+that+while+the+news+is+being+broadcast+the+disc+jockey+is+not+allowed+to+talk%22&pg=PA209#v=onepage column in Mademoiselle (1975)
Metropolitan Life (1978)

„The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told blatant lies — easily checkable, blatant lies — and I’m not talking about the covert workings of the CIA. When we have a terrorist attack, on September 11, 2001 with 19 men — 15 of them are Saudis — and five minutes later the whole country thinks they’re from Iraq — how can you have faith in the public? This is an easily checkable fact. The whole country is like the O. J. Simpson jurors.“

—  Fran Lebowitz

Ruminator Magazine interview with Susannah McNeely (August/September 2005).

„Educational television should be absolutely forbidden. It can only lead to unreasonable expectations and eventual disappointment when your child discovers that the letters of the alphabet do not leap up out of books and dance around the room with royal-blue chickens.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Social Studies

"Parental Guidance".
Social Studies (1981)

„I don't believe in anything you have to believe in.“

—  Fran Lebowitz

Reported by Steve Pinker, " I am Steve Pinker, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard. Ask me anything. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1a67x4/i_am_steve_pinker_a_cognitive_psychologist_at/c8uiccn", Reddit.com (March 12, 2013).
Other

„Do not elicit your child's political opinions. He doesn't know any more than you do.“

—  Fran Lebowitz, libro Social Studies

" Parental Guidance https://books.google.com/books?id=xCV8OXwBuNcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22fran+lebowitz%22+%22parental+guidance%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX3rO2xPvPAhXl1IMKHbrqAqAQ6AEIKjAC#v=onepage&q=%22Parental%20Guidance%20s%22&f=false".
Social Studies (1981)