Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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
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
Past
Truth
Always
Buyers
Like
Selling
Integrity
Looked
Difference
Differences
More quotes by Lily Tomlin
No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.
Lily Tomlin
There's nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, 'I didn't do it right'.
Lily Tomlin
Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
Lily Tomlin
But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
Lily Tomlin
Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
Lily Tomlin
We're giving jobs to people who would otherwise be out of work if we weren't exploiting cheap labor.
Lily Tomlin
Nobody is here without a reason. I always had a different sensibility. I like a huge range of comedy - from broad and farcical, the most sensitive, the most understated - but I always wanted my comedy to be more embracing of the species rather than debasing of it.
Lily Tomlin
If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
Lily Tomlin
Growing up in Michigan was fine...until I realized where I was.
Lily Tomlin
Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
Lily Tomlin
I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn't want to get famous I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.
Lily Tomlin
No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up.
Lily Tomlin
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
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
Lily Tomlin
Thank God kids never mean well
Lily Tomlin
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Lily Tomlin
Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
Lily Tomlin
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
Lily Tomlin