Quote by Lily Tomlin
Truth is, I've always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
Summary
In this quote, the speaker admits to a long-standing tendency of compromising their values or principles for personal gain. They acknowledge that in the past, their willingness to sell out went unnoticed or appeared as integrity due to the lack of interested parties or temptations. This suggests that the speaker's supposed integrity was conditional upon the presence of opportunities to sell out, highlighting a cynical realization about their own behavior.
Topics
Truth
By Lily Tomlin