Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
LILY TOMLINWe have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
-
-
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.
LILY TOMLIN -
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.
LILY TOMLIN -
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
LILY TOMLIN -
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
LILY TOMLIN -
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
LILY TOMLIN -
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 TOMLIN -
Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
LILY TOMLIN -
Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
LILY TOMLIN -
Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
LILY TOMLIN -
What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
LILY TOMLIN -
I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
LILY TOMLIN -
No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
LILY TOMLIN -
9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
LILY TOMLIN -
The road to success is always under construction.
LILY TOMLIN -
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
LILY TOMLIN -
Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
LILY TOMLIN -
I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
LILY TOMLIN -
I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
LILY TOMLIN -
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
LILY TOMLIN -
Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
LILY TOMLIN -
If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
LILY TOMLIN -
We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
LILY TOMLIN -
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.
LILY TOMLIN -
Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
LILY TOMLIN -
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
LILY TOMLIN -
You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what’s current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
LILY TOMLIN