Top 49 Quotes by Lily Tomlin

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

Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.

Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?

I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.

You don't really need to get married, but marriage is awfully nice. Everybody I know who got married, they say it really makes a difference. They feel very, very happy about it.

I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

I mean yes to act out something or take chances in the performance is one thing. But in terms of a camera, whatever's captured is captured so that's a little more daunting.

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.

We are all in this together, by ourselves.