We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
LILY TOMLINWhen we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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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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My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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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.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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The road to success is always under construction.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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I worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
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