Fran Lebowitz citáty (36 citátů) | Citáty slavných osobností

"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)

“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.”

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Fran Lebowitz kniha Social Studies

"Tips for Teens".
Social Studies (1981)

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

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"People".
Social Studies (1981)

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

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Fran Lebowitz kniha Metropolitan Life

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

“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.”

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"Why I Love Sleep" (p. 91).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

“The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.”

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"People".
Social Studies (1981)

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

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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

“There's no such thing as advice to the lovelorn. If they took advice, they wouldn't be lovelorn. You see, advice and lovelorn don't go together. Because advice makes love sound like some sort of cognitive activity, but we know that it isn't. We all know that it's some sort of horrible chemical reaction over which we have absolutely no control. And that's why advice doesn't work.”

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Index Magazine interview http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/fran_lebowitz.shtml with David Savage (1997).

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

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Fran Lebowitz kniha Social Studies

"Tips for Teens".
Social Studies (1981)

“No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.”

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"Pointers for Pets".
Social Studies (1981)

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

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" 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)

“Rome is a very loony city in every respect. One needs but spend an hour or two there to realize that Fellini makes documentaries.”

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Fran Lebowitz kniha Metropolitan Life

"A World View" (p. 64).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

“Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is simply a good excuse not to play football.”

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"Letters" (p. 144).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

“Should you be a teenager blessed with uncommon good looks, document this state of affairs by the taking of photographs. It is the only way anyone will ever believe you in years to come.”

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"Tips for Teens".
Social Studies (1981)

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

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

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

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"People".
Social Studies (1981)

“How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses.”

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Reported in Ginai Bellafante, " Opinions You Won’t Find on Twitter: Fran Lebowitz Talks http://tv.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/arts/television/22lebowitz.html?pagewanted=2, The New York Times (November 21, 2010). Other

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

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

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

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

“Most of my news, I get from the radio news stations. One of the stations' advertising lines is "Give us 22 minutes, we’ll give you the world." In 22 minutes, they just have time for the headlines, so they can only really tell you what happened — which, by the way, is the news. They tell you how many people were killed in Iraq today, but they don’t then bring on some Republican senator to explain to you how that’s good. Or, on the contrary, they don’t bring in a bunch of Democrats to tell you why it’s bad. They just tell you what happened. That’s the news. I am capable of analyzing my own news. What makes these people qualified to analyze my news for me? No matter what side they’re on, I never agree with them.”

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