Lily Tomlin

"Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin."

"I always wondered if the reward for a life of virtue was that you got to be virtuous."

"Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world."

"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man."

"We're all in this together, by ourselves."

"Somewhere in the back of your mind, you might think of criticism as something negative, but it's actually very helpful."

"I would rather be the kind of person who occasionally offends people while trying to speak the truth than someone who is fake all the time."

"The secret to a successful life is finding the thing you love doing most and doing it."

"Mistakes are the tuition you pay for success."

"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework."

"Reality is just a collective agreement about the rules of the game we're playing."

"The difference between style and fashion is quality."

"What's real is what works."

"I prefer my oysters fried; that way I know my oysters died."

"Things are changing so fast that if you want to know what's happening next year, you have to pay close attention to what's happening now."

"No matter how cynical you become, it is impossible to keep up."

"It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes."

"Why do we have to die and become angels? Why can't we just stay as we are?"

"Your body is a wonderland, but your mind is even more miraculous."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"I said, 'I'm tired of being the woman who waits. I want to be the woman who acts.'"

"We should be grateful for what we have, because lack of gratitude is the beginning of all suffering."

"Words are like the wind, but deeds are the substance."

"I always love to quote Lewis Carroll, who really understood human nature."

"One of the things that makes me sad is that some people are afraid to be kind."

"When we stop trying to be everything to everyone, we can be everything to someone."

"The most important thing is the thing you're most afraid of."

"Listen, if your inner child is screaming, maybe you should listen."

"I have always felt that the way we treat animals indicates the level of our civilization."

"Even though I'm no longer religious, I still feel the spiritual emptiness that religion tries to fill."