Life Quotes Quote by Lily Tomlin — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.”

“When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.”

“The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.”

“Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that's the truth.”

“I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.”

“Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.”

“Some things you hear with your ears. Others, you hear with your heart.”

““It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are”

“The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.”

“You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom.”

“The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.”

“Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.”