Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that’s the truth.
LILY TOMLINLady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that’s the truth.
LILY TOMLINDoes your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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 TOMLINIf beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
LILY TOMLINWe are all in this together, by ourselves.
LILY TOMLINIf you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
LILY TOMLINI worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
LILY TOMLINWhy is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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 TOMLINPeople hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
LILY TOMLINI personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
LILY TOMLINSometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
LILY TOMLINNo matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
LILY TOMLINWhat goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
LILY TOMLIN