Lily Tomlin

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

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.

Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.

Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.

Hire character. Train skill.

No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between a man and a plot of land. With one foot in the land, human society is firmly balanced against most economic uncertainties. With a job to supply him with cash, and a plot of land to guarantee him support, the individual is doubly secure. Stocks may fail, but seedtime and harvest do not fail.

Should I give up my career at this point in my life… and put all my marbles in Laura’s [Nyro] basket?

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

I don’t know the rules of grammar. If you’re trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think. We try to write in the vernacular.

The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves. but they can get very excited by those who do. That is why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest, the greatest and the most spectacular.

Workers – men and women – of all countries, place yourselves under the banner of the Fourth International. It is the banner of your approaching victory!

No business can succeed in any great degree without being properly organized.

I’ve learned a tremendous amount from Oprah.

The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself.

A low wage business is always insecure.

The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.

When most people ask about a business growing, what they really mean is growing revenue, not just growing the number of people using a service. Traditional businesses would view people using your service that you don’t make money from as a cost.