Lily TomlinThinkers

The 1950s is the most sexually frustrated decade ever: ten years of foreplay. And the Sixties, well, the Sixties was like coitus interruptus. The only thing we didn't pull out of was Vietnam.

The 1960s is like coitus interruptus in that the only thing we didn't pull out of was Vietnam.

Complaining is human nature — Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.

Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.

Language is a thing invented by man to satisfy his deep need to complain.

Muzak is an awful thing. You have to worry that the person who thought it up may be thinking up something else.

Prayer is what we call it when we talk to God, but when God talks to us, we're schizophrenic.

Praying is when you talk to god. not to be confused with schizophrenia, which is when he talks back.

Truth is the best mind-altering drug.