If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.

—Fran Lebowitz

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About Fran Lebowitz

Portrait of Fran Lebowitz

Frances Ann Lebowitz (; born October 27, 1950) is an American writer, public speaker, cultural critic, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life, particularly from a New York City perspective, and for her association with prominent figures in the city's art and cultural scenes...

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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

—Fran Lebowitz

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.

—Fran Lebowitz

Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special.

—Fran Lebowitz

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.

—Fran Lebowitz

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Nature is by and large to be found out-of-doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.

—Fran Lebowitz

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I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

—August Strindberg

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My mother thought it would make us feel better to know that animals had no souls, and thus their deaths were not to be taken seriously. But it didn't help, and when I think of some of the animals I have known, I wonder. The only really "soulful" eyes in the world belong to the dog or cat who sits on your lap or at your feet, commiserating when you cry.

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I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

—Winston Churchill

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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In order to maintain a well-balanced perspective, the person who has a dog to worship him should also have a cat to ignore him.

—Peterborough Examiner

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