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Lily Tomlin
American
Actress
About the author
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Leading
#Cause
#Reality
#Stress
Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#People
#Reality
#Drugs
We're all in this alone.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
It's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Belief
#Language
#Deep
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Survival
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Books
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Truth
#Beauty
#Hair
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Love
#Question
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Man
#Language
#Deep
I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Now
I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Thinking
#Thought
#May
#Worry
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Language
#Deep
I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Now
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Failure
#Opportunity
#Wishes
If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Culture
#Skin
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Home
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,
American
Actress
#Country
#Americans
#Publicity
We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Care
#Company
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Trouble
#Race
The road to success is always under construction.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Success
#Road
The problem with winning the rat race is you're still a rat.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Winning
#Race
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Success
#World
#Being
#Worry
Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Imagination
Remember we're all in this alone.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Nothing
#Reality
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Truth
#Mind
We are all in this together, by ourselves.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
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.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
What is reality, anyway? Just a collective hunch.
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Reality
Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Feet
#Name
Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?
Lily Tomlin,
American
Actress
#Talk
#God