Your grandparents did not endure the indignities of a steerage journey to Ellis Island so that you could stand outside a discothรจque and beg a wallpaper designer to take you in with him.
Fran LebowitzNever relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
Fran LebowitzWhen we were young, we knew things. We knew basic history, even as it related to fashion. Now, when something reappears, an 18 year old has no clue that it's a revival. Despite the fact that they're almost always online they don't get references. I think that's part of why visual things are becoming so derivative.
Fran LebowitzEven if people aren't Republicans, it doesn't seem shocking to them that Ronald Reagan was the president. Well of course, because Arnold Schwarzenegger was the governor! This is not only a bar too low, this is no bar at all. I don't care who you are, you know 20 people smarter than Ronald Reagan. You know 20 people who would be a better president than Ronald Reagan.
Fran Lebowitz