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 TOMLINIf evolution was worth its salt, it should’ve evolved something better than ‘survival of the fittest.’ I think a better idea would be ‘survival of the wittiest.’ At least, that way, creatures that didn’t survive could’ve died laughing.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don’t feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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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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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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If you can’t be direct, why be?
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I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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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.
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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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Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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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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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.
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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