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 TOMLINThere will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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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.
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If 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.
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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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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.
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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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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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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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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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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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