If 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 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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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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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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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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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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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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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.
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If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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I have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves; I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.
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I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn’t want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.
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There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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