A Quote by Lily Tomlin

Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.

Lily Tomlin

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Lily Tomlin
American - Actress
Born: September 1, 1939

I'm constantly saying, 'I read a fascinating article in 'The New Yorker'... ' I say it so often that sometimes I think I have nothing interesting to say myself, I merely regurgitate 'The New Yorker.'

Emma Donoghue

I'm sorry to keep focusing on the New Yorker, but everybody who was growing up when Calvin [Trillin] and I were growing up wanted to be published in the New Yorker.

Kevin Sessums

Being an American means never having to say you're sorry.

Kurt Vonnegut

Being a bureaucrat means never having to say you're sorry.

Ben Domenech

Being unapologetic means never having to say you're sorry.

John Cooper Clarke

Being a politician means never having to say you're sorry. You don't have to say, 'I never should have voted to subsidize that ridiculous Enron project in India.' ... After all, they're greedy businessmen and you're a selfless public servant.

Harry Browne

I'm a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust - you adopt it from being a New Yorker.

Vin Diesel

Let's say honorary favorite New Yorker is John Lennon, and favorite real New Yorker is Biggie, because he's the best.

Paul Dano

I think one of the best jobs in the universe must be being the editor of 'The New Yorker', but there are a number of magazines that I'd be excited to be the editor of. They would be 'Wired', 'The New Yorker' and probably, 'Vogue'.

Michael Wolf

I'm a New Yorker. I never thought I'd say that.

Bill Cowher

I've never subscribed to that 'Love means never having to say you're sorry' bullshit. In fact, love means you always get the chance to say you're sorry. When we love someone, we always want to forgive them.

Pamela Ribon

Love is saying you're sorry. It's the opposite of those cherub posters that say, 'Love is never having to say you're sorry.' Wrong! Love is three sorrys a day. If you haven't met that quota, something's wrong.

Diane Lane

My family goes way back in New York. So I am a New Yorker; I feel like a New Yorker. It's in my bones.

Thelma Schoonmaker

If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.

Estelle Getty

Another example of what I have to put up with from him. But there was a time I was mad at all my straight friends when AIDS was at its worst. I particularly hated the New Yorker, where Calvin [Trillin] has published so much of his work. The New Yorker was the worst because they barely ever wrote about AIDS. I used to take out on Calvin my real hatred for the New Yorker.

Kevin Sessums

In New York, all the crews read 'The New Yorker.' In Los Angeles, they don't know from 'The New Yorker.'