Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin

"The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."
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"The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."
Lily Tomlin
"The road to success is always under construction"
Lily Tomlin
"I said Somebody should do something about that. Then I realized I am somebody."
Lily Tomlin
"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."
Lily Tomlin
"Remember we're all in this alone."
Lily Tomlin
"Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world."
Lily Tomlin
"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 Tomlin
"Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination."
Lily Tomlin
"If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?"
Lily Tomlin
"I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You had to play a stereotype, because very attractive women were not supposed to be funny - because it's powerful; it's a threat."
Lily Tomlin
"You 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 Tomlin
"If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?"
Lily Tomlin
"The best mind-altering drug is the truth."
Lily Tomlin
"Many times I sit back and say, 'I can't believe that this is my life!' Other times, I feel self-satisfied. I mean, there's a lot to be proud and thankful for but, nonetheless, it's just a life!"
Lily Tomlin
"I think 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."
Lily Tomlin
"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework."
Lily Tomlin
"Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed."
Lily Tomlin
"I've always wanted to be somebody but I see now I should have been more specific."
Lily Tomlin
"If I had known what it would be like to have it all I might have been willing to settle for less."
Lily Tomlin
"Why is it when we talk to God we are said to be praying and when God talks to us we're said to be schizophrenic?"
Lily Tomlin
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