I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
LILY TOMLINPeople hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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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.
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In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.
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You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.
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I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They’d eaten each other.
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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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