Wanted Quotes by Lily Tomlin

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library.

— Lily Tomlin

“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…

— Lily Tomlin

“Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.”

— Lily Tomlin

I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They'd eaten each other.

— Lily Tomlin

Wouldn't it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen,…

— 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…

— 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…

— Lily Tomlin

We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.

— Lily Tomlin

We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company.

— Lily Tomlin

No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up.

— Lily Tomlin

In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone

— Lily Tomlin

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

— Lily Tomlin

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

— Lily Tomlin

And yet humanity is so not evolved that how can you expect anything absolutely major to happen? Look how long, we move ahead in…

— 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…

— Lily Tomlin