Quotes of Lily Tomlin

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Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then — we elected them.

- Lily Tomlin

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“ There is a distinct, awful pain that comes with loving someone more than they love you. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back. ”

- Arthur Rubenstein

“ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. ”

- Confucius

“ You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ Love is a panacea for a wound that never stops weeping. ”

- Kilroy J. Oldster

“ You are like nobody since I love you. ”

- Pablo Neruda

“ Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process. ”

- Harold Geneen

“ Armed with positive thoughts, it becomes easier to focus on your goals, while the opposite also holds true. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ Mistakes are not bad; excuses are. ”

- Udai Yadla

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ Hope is a waking dream. ”

- Aristotle

“ As powerful as your genetic combination is in determining the outcome of your life, your decisions are more powerful. You will ultimately look like your decisions. ”

- Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

“ There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good. ”

- P.C. Cast

“ My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ”

- Voltaire

“ When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ Love alone could waken love. ”

- Pearl S. Buck

“ Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ”

- Kyle Chandler

“ Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. ”

- Anonymous

“ We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But then you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible. ”

- Camille Paglia

“ Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. ”

- Timothy Keller

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton