No one's supposed to be the president. This is not England. And it's not just the Bush family, all families designate each child as having some particular trait.
Fran Lebowitzremember this: no matter how politely or distinctly you ask a Parisian a question he will persist in answering you in French.
Fran LebowitzThe Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture.
Fran LebowitzOnce you go outside your natural audience, there are tons of people that don't like you.
Fran LebowitzWhat starts love is your ability to stupefy and blind yourself to the point of being able to fall in love. What stops it is waking up.
Fran LebowitzPeople (a group that in my opinion has always attracted an undue amount of attention) have often been likened to snowflakes. This analogy is meant to suggest that each is unique - no two alike. This is quite patently not the case. People, even at the current rate of inflation - in fact, people especially at the current rate of inflation - are quite simply a dime a dozen. And, I hasten to add, their only similarity to snowflakes resides in their invariably and lamentable tendency to turn, after a few warm days, to slush.
Fran Lebowitz