Zitat des Tages von Lily Tomlin:
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.
We are all in this together, by ourselves.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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.
What is reality, anyway? Just a collective hunch.
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
We're all in this alone.
If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You had to play a stereotype, because very attractive women were not supposed to be funny - because it's powerful; it's a threat.
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.
It's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
Remember we're all in this alone.
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
What if it's boring - or if it's not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company.
The road to success is always under construction.
I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.
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.
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.