Quote #19
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
More from Fran Lebowitz
- The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
- Do not elicit your child's political opinions. He doesn't know any more than you do.
- Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
- Children do not really need money. After all, they don't have to pay rent or send mailgrams.
- If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.
- Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
- Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publication.
- Educational television should be absolutely forbidden. It can only lead to unreasonable expectations and eventual disappointment when your …