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 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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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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I feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in love with the universe.
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Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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