Lily Tomlin Quotes

People think there's some real subversive thing playing against whoever it is; a lot of it is just people who want to go along and get along. And they also want to make money. And the bottom line is, they're going to put out as much stuff as they can — stupid, banal stuff that makes money.

When you talk about yourself for 35 years, first of all, it gets repetitious. And then it seems a little bit excessive, at the least.

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.

Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?

Wouldn't it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas.

If you can't be direct, why be?

I have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves… I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.

What if it's boring... or if it's not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.

There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.

Truth is, I've always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.

I've seen these women all my life, I know how they walk, I know how they talk...

And that's the truth!

The trouble with the rat race is that if you win, you're still a rat.

always wondered why somebody didn't do something about that. And then I realized I was somebody.

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