While clothes with pictures and/or writing on them are not entirely an invention of the modern age, they are an unpleasant indication of the general state of things. ... I mean, be realistic. If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?
Fran LebowitzI always make a big effort to make a distinction between what is actually worse or what is just worse about not being 21. Of course, it's much worse not to be 21. This is a given. But there are things that are worse.
Fran LebowitzCommunism requires of its adherents that they arise early and participate in a strenuous round of calisthenics. To someone who wishes that cigarettes came already lit the thought of such exertion at an hour when decent people are just nodding off is thoroughly abhorrent.
Fran LebowitzCheese that is required by law to append the word food to its title does not go well with red wine or fruit.
Fran Lebowitzmodern science was largely conceived of as an answer to the servant problem and ... it is generally practiced by those who lack a flair for conversation.
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