Kristina > Kristina's Quotes

“Any planet is 'Earth' to those that live on it.”
― Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky

“Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.”
― Fran Lebowitz

“All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.”
― Fran Lebowitz, Metropolitan Life/Social Studies

“Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.”
― Fran Lebowitz

“When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.”
― Fran Lebowitz

“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

“I do not believe in God. I believe in cashmere.”
― Fran Lebowitz

“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

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

“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.”
― fran lebowitz

“The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.”
― Fran Lebowitz

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
― Frank Zappa

“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.”
― Frank Zappa

“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.”
― Frank Zappa

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.”
― Frank Zappa

“Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.”
― Frank Zappa

“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
― Brigham Young

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
― Margaret Mead

“You have these lines you won’t cross. But then you cross them. And suddenly you possess the very dangerous information that you can break the rule and the world won’t instantly come to an end. You’ve taken a big, black, bold line and you’ve made it a little bit gray. And now every time you cross it again, it just gets grayer and grayer until one day you look around and you think, There was a line here once, I think.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six