Think before you speak. Read before you think. Author: Fran Lebowitz Copy Quote More from Fran Lebowitz “Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.” “To me the outdoors is what you must pass through in order to get from your apar…” “To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. T…” “There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness and death.”