The Fran Lebowitz Reader Quotes

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“فكر قبل أن تتكلم، واقرأ قبل أن تفكر”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“Sleep is death without the responsibility.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“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, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not possibly have met.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“Perhaps the least cheering statement ever made on the subject of art is that life imitates it.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“People have been cooking and eating for thousands of years, so if you are the very first to have thought of adding lime juice to scalloped potatoes try to understand there must be a reason for this.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. Your life story would not make a good book. Do not even try.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader