Quote

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.

Fran Lebowitz

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
Author
Humorist
Journalist
Orator
Writer
Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
Opinion
Suicidal
Literature
Contemplation
Forget
Poetic
Funny
Sufficient
Words
Suicide
Speak
Actions
Action
Evidence
Nature
Humor
Louder

More quotes by Fran Lebowitz

Image
People who are well-known, famous people, I think, make very poor characters for fiction. They make good characters for gossip columns. But not for fiction.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
I, unfortunately, take the subway a lot. It's not my preference, but it is my lot in life.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
When I was very little, say five or six, I became aware of the fact that people wrote books. Before that, I thought that God wrote books. I thought a book was a manifestation of nature, like a tree.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
There is nothing more mine than my writing, nothing I'm more proprietary about.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
Children are much less annoying [than adults] and they never start trends.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
It is imperative when flying coach that you restrain any tendency toward the vividly imaginative. For although it may momentarily appear to be the case, it is not at all likely that the cabin is entirely inhabited by crying babies smoking inexpensive domestic cigars.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
If you read a lot, nothing is as great as you've imagined. Venice is - Venice is better.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
People care more about trends now than they do about style. They get so wrapped up in what's happening that they forget how to dress, and they never learn who they are because they never learn how to take care of anything.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
Middle class was defined by having certain values and only a certain amount of money. But this new middle class seems to have absolutely no values and an unlimited amount of money.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
Think before you speak. Read before you think. This will give you something to think about that you didn't make up yourself - a wise move at any age, but most especially at seventeen, when you are in the greatest danger of coming to annoying conclusions.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
Nothing lasts. So it's my belief, yes, I know a lot of the things that we liked didn't last, but maybe things we don't like, they're also not going to last. There has been progress in my lifetime. There are certainly things that are better than when I was young, and there are things that are worse. New York City, it's worse. There's no question.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.
Fran Lebowitz
Image
I wish that real estate were cheaper and clothes were more expensive.
Fran Lebowitz