The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Winning the race does not change the fact you are still trapped in it.
- In plain terms
- Even if you win, you are still stuck in the system.
- What can you take from it?
- Success within a broken system does not liberate you.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes success meaningful?
- Can you win without losing yourself?
Another view
It dismisses the real benefits of achievement within systems.
More from Lily Tomlin
The best mind-altering drug is truth.
Permalink to quote #26 Why is it when we talk to God we're said to be praying - but when God talks to us, we're said to be schizophrenic?
Permalink to quote #28 Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Permalink to quote #25
Related quotes
Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. …
Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte quote #1 Yes, we can all be huge fucking winners; if we just put our minds to it. And, possess a whole shit-load of luck, and are willing to mercilessly and ruthlessly …
Derek R. AudetteDerek R. Audette quote #4 I dreamt for years about making albums and doing world tours-I'd fulfilled all my ambitions in one year.
Bruce DickinsonBruce Dickinson quote #9