Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
LILY TOMLINEvery day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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 TOMLINRemember we’re all in this alone.
LILY TOMLINIf beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
LILY TOMLINThere will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
LILY TOMLINMaybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
LILY TOMLINTo me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
LILY TOMLINNo matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
LILY TOMLINYou know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what’s current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
LILY TOMLINWe are all in this together, by ourselves.
LILY TOMLINBeing a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
LILY TOMLINIf you can’t be direct, why be?
LILY TOMLINMy 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.
LILY TOMLINWhen I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
LILY TOMLINI personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
LILY TOMLINIf truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
LILY TOMLIN