Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
LILY TOMLINEvery day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
LILY TOMLINThere’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
LILY TOMLINWhat I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
LILY TOMLINEven when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
LILY TOMLINI worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
LILY TOMLINI worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
LILY TOMLINRemember we’re all in this alone.
LILY TOMLINDid you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
LILY TOMLINThe larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
LILY TOMLINThe phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
LILY TOMLINWe are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
LILY TOMLINIf I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
LILY TOMLINSometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
LILY TOMLINWouldn’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.
LILY TOMLINI guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
LILY TOMLINIn the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
LILY TOMLIN