Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.
Lily Tomlin
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Lily Tomlin
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: September 1
Actress
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
Detroit
Michigan
Mary Jean Tomlin
Mary Jean Lily Tomlin
Matter
Enough
Never
Cynical
Keep
Become
More quotes by Lily Tomlin
There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
Lily Tomlin
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
Lily Tomlin
Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
Lily Tomlin
When I've had a meltdown, people will say to me, Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.
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
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
The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
Lily Tomlin
You can't expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it's a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.
Lily Tomlin
Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
Lily Tomlin
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
Lily Tomlin
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
Thank God kids never mean well
Lily Tomlin
The whole idea of being in captivity in such limited space, especially in a zoo, causes elephants to suffer. They develop all kinds of foot diseases. They die. They get cysts. Not only is it painful, it eventually kills them.
Lily Tomlin
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 Tomlin
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
Lily Tomlin
I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They'd eaten each other.
Lily Tomlin
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.
Lily Tomlin
If trying harder doesn't work, try softer.
Lily Tomlin
No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up.
Lily Tomlin
We're giving jobs to people who would otherwise be out of work if we weren't exploiting cheap labor.
Lily Tomlin