Lily Tomlin

"You don't have to be perfect to be worthwhile."

"I think people are essentially good, but systems can make them bad."

"What I love most is when someone laughs at something true and painful simultaneously."

"The magic happens in the space between what we plan and what actually occurs."

"I believe we're all doing the best we can with the tools we have."

"The most revolutionary thing you can do is tell the truth."

"I never wanted to be famous for being famous. I wanted to be known for my work."

"What matters in the end is not what you accomplished, but how you made people feel."

"I think aging is a great privilege that not everyone gets."

"The world needs more people willing to be vulnerable and real."

"I've learned that the people you love are what make life worth living."

"What if the answer to your problem is simpler than you think?"

"I believe in the power of a good joke to make difficult things bearable."

"The moment you stop learning is the moment you start declining."

"I think character is what you do when nobody's watching."

"What I've realized is that perfection is the enemy of good."

"The greatest adventure is always the one inside yourself."

"I believe we all have more power than we think we do."

"What makes us human is our ability to imagine something better and work toward it."

"The only way out is through, and the only way through is with honesty."

"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."

"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific."

"Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain."

"The road to success is always under construction."

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

"Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot them?"

"Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past."

"The formula for water is H2O. Is there a formula for me?"

"We are all beings of habit, and habit can change the shape of our reality."

"If I had known what it was like to have it all, I might have been more careful what I wished for."