Lily Tomlin Quotes

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Lily Tomlin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 1, 1939

Topics

RealityNothingCollectiveHunch

When I hit around 65, 66, I started to feel tremendous worth and incredible personal esteem. I was becoming very cognisant of my contribution to the American spirit of helping your fellow man and all of the good stuff.

Jerry Lewis

GoodManAmericanFeelWorthSpirit

With kangaroos, you say 'Sit!' and they start boxing with you. They're nuts!

Jerry O'Connell

StartYouBoxingSayNutsSit

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

Anita Baker

FamilyHomeYouGoLeaveFortune

Just a couple of minutes ago, I signed a couple of bowling pins for some people. That's a normal thing. Somebody will hand me something and say, 'Draw a picture! Draw the Dude!' They're probably selling them on eBay or something.

Jeff Bridges

PeopleMePictureSellingSayHand

You have to start with slavery because those abuses have never been eradicated. You know, people are not living in slums because they voted to. You know, their children are not in jail because they wanted them to. You know, these are the results of a people who have been oppressed and suffer national oppression, you know.

Amiri Baraka

ChildrenPeopleSlaveryStartYou

I thought all my life that optimists and pessimists pass away the same way, so why be a pessimist?

Shimon Peres

LifeThoughtMy LifeWhyWaySame

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.

Louis Kahn

ArchitectureSpaceThoughtfulMaking

Cheese was the staple. Bread you brought from home. The Schnaps came later. At the end of the week when people got paid, that's when you got your Schnaps, lots of it, five Pfennige a shot.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

HomePeopleEndWeekYouCheese

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.

Joshua Bell

StoryYouPlayViolinPieceTelling

Mitch Miller knew exactly what he wanted me to sing. He didn't want me to improvise at all.

Johnny Mathis

MeWantSingKnewImproviseHe

I know all of the antiques stores in Buenos Aires. I've been in every one of them, picking things out.

Douglas Tompkins

KnowOutThingsAntiquesBeenEvery

'The Dark Knight' is a really good movie that reached both critics and mainstream audiences.

Anurag Kashyap

GoodDarkCriticsGood MovieKnight

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