If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
LILY TOMLINIf I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
LILY TOMLINIf trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
LILY TOMLINI 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.
LILY TOMLINIn the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
LILY TOMLINWe don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
LILY TOMLINThere’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
LILY TOMLINI still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
LILY TOMLINWe are all in this together, by ourselves.
LILY TOMLINThe best mind-altering drug is the truth.
LILY TOMLINI can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
LILY TOMLINMaybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
LILY TOMLINI always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
LILY TOMLINReality is nothing but a collective hunch.
LILY TOMLINSuccess is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
LILY TOMLINBut there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
LILY TOMLINI personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
LILY TOMLIN