I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
LILY TOMLINI think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
LILY TOMLINWhy isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
LILY TOMLINBeing a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
LILY TOMLINLady, 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.
LILY TOMLINWhen I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
LILY TOMLINIf I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
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 TOMLINInstead 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 TOMLINI bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They’d eaten each other.
LILY TOMLINIf you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you’re not considered well viewed.
LILY TOMLINWhy is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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 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.
LILY TOMLINSometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
LILY TOMLINI always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
LILY TOMLINCreating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
LILY TOMLIN