The problem with winning the rat race is you're still a rat.
Lily Tomlin
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.
Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year, everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
The problem with winning the rat race is you're still a rat.
There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
We are all in this together, by ourselves.
We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company.
We're all in this alone.
When we talk to God we are praying; when God talks to us, we are schizophrenic.
Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?
Why is it when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?
Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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