Quotes from Lily Tomlin

Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?

Exercise is for people who can't handle drugs or alcohol.

If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed!

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.

Just remember, we're all in this alone.

Sometimes i worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.

Growing up in Michigan was fine...until I realized where I was.

I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it's much too confining.

Reality is the leading cause of stress.

We're all in this together alone.

All my life I always wanted to be someone. I see now I should have been more specific.

Even when you win the rat race , you're still a rat .

No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

So if you've had a good time tonight, or if you've had a good time any night, for gosh sake's why not drop a dollar in the mail to me?

For fast-acting relief from stress, try slowing down.

To me, 'sexual freedom' means freedom from having to have sex.

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

Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man

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

9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn't really happened, but it has come closer.

We're giving jobs to people who would otherwise be out of work if we weren't exploiting cheap labor.

I guess that's one of the reasons that you do it - work all the time - because it's sort of a high to find something that really works.