Quote

Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.

Lily Tomlin

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

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
Yorker
Sorry
Never

More quotes by Lily Tomlin

Image
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
Image
Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
Lily Tomlin
Image
I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They'd eaten each other.
Lily Tomlin
Image
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
Image
Growing up in Michigan was fine...until I realized where I was.
Lily Tomlin
Image
I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.
Lily Tomlin
Image
Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
Lily Tomlin
Image
You are what you think ... geez, that's frightening.
Lily Tomlin
Image
When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don’t feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy then you get two feelings for the price of one.
Lily Tomlin
Image
If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
Lily Tomlin
Image
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
Lily Tomlin
Image
The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
Lily Tomlin
Image
No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.
Lily Tomlin
Image
9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn't really happened, but it has come closer.
Lily Tomlin
Image
Thank God kids never mean well
Lily Tomlin
Image
There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
Lily Tomlin
Image
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
Image
If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.
Lily Tomlin
Image
I try to be cynical, but it's so hard to keep up.
Lily Tomlin
Image
When I've had a meltdown, people will say to me, Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.
Lily Tomlin