Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
— Lily Tomlin
Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?
— Lily Tomlin
For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.
— Lily Tomlin
When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.
— Lily Tomlin
We're giving jobs to people who would otherwise be out of work if we weren't exploiting cheap labor.
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I try to be cynical, but it's so hard to keep up.
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Reality is nothing more than a collective hunch.
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But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
— Lily Tomlin
Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
— Lily Tomlin
The best mind altering drug is the truth.
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I feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in love with the universe.
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The road to success is always under construction
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I always wondered why somebody didn't do something about that. And then I realized I was somebody.
— Lily Tomlin
For fast-acting relief from stress, try slowing down.
— Lily Tomlin
Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.
— Lily Tomlin
There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
— Lily Tomlin
I worry about kids today - because of the sexual revolution, they're going to grow up and never know what "dirty" means.
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Wouldn't it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas.
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Truth is, I've always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
— Lily Tomlin
So if you've had a good time tonight, or if you've had a good time any night, for gosh sake's why not drop a dollar in the mail to me?
— Lily Tomlin
What if it's boring - or if it's not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
— Lily Tomlin
9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn't really happened, but it has come closer.
— Lily Tomlin
The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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We're all in this alone.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
— Lily Tomlin
Thank God kids never mean well
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I was always empathetic with animals. It's a terrible and self-involved point of view that we do something because someone else is exploitable.
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I especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that.
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I guess that's one of the reasons that you do it - work all the time - because it's sort of a high to find something that really works.
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If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.
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Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that's the truth.
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After all, in private, we're all misfits
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Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
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If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
— Lily Tomlin
You are what you think ... geez, that's frightening ...
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We're all in this together alone.
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I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They'd eaten each other.
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I still believe that sex is dirty. It's just that now I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It's just a matter of timing. It's like you've marked your territory.
— Lily Tomlin
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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There's nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, 'I didn't do it right'.
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Even when I'm being funny, I'm deadly serious.
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If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed!
— Lily Tomlin
If you can't be direct, why be?
— Lily Tomlin
Just remember, we're all in this alone.
— Lily Tomlin
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.
— Lily Tomlin
I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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It's a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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If trying harder doesn't work, try softer.
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Remember we're all in this alone.
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When I've had a meltdown, people will say to me, "Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor."
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In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
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If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question?
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What is reality, anyway? Just a collective hunch.
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Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it's imposssible to keep up.
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No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up.
— Lily Tomlin