Latest Quotes

“Life is like one big Mardi Gras, but instead of showing your boobs, show people your brain, and if they like what they see, you'll have more beads than you know what to do with.”

— Ellen Degeneres, Dream Big

“I want my daughters to see me and know me as a woman who works. I want that example set for them. I am a better mother for it. The woman I am because I get to run Shondaland, because I get to write all day, because I get to spend my days making things up, that woman is a better person – and a better…”

— Shonda Rhimes, 9 Shonda Rhimes Quotes To Inspire You To Break Through The Glass Ceiling

“Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.”

— Ellen Degeneres, When Gifted Kids Don't Have All The Answers

“Do we have to know who's gay and who's straight can't we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?”

— Ellen Degeneres, Of Wit And Humor

“Just keep swimming.”

— Ellen Degeneres, Just Keep Swimming

“I think that kindness is an innate quality that we all have. We need to see more of it in the world.”

— Ellen Degeneres, Seriously...I'm Kidding

“Crying's good. It prepares you for life.”

— Ellen Degeneres, Seriously...I'm Kidding

“Don't look behind you. Unless someone yells, "Look out behind you!" Then you should definitely look behind you because there's a good chance a Frisbee is being thrown at your head or, if you're in a movie, an attractive teenage vampire is about to attack you.”

— Ellen Degeneres, Seriously...I'm Kidding

“Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.”

— Susan B. Anthony, History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I

“We focus so much on our differences, and that is creating, I think, a lot of chaos and negativity and bullying in the world. And I think if everybody focused on what we all have in common which is – we all want to be happy.”

— Ellen Degeneres, My Point...And I Do Have One

“What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool... I mean, I had a mullet and I wore parachute pants for a long, long time. And I'm doing ok”

— Ellen Degeneres, My Point...And I Do Have One

“Though you feel you're not where you're suppose to be, you shouldn't worry because that next turn that you take, it will lead you to where you wanna go.”

— Ellen Degeneres, My Point...And I Do Have One

“Sometimes the greatest things are the most embarrassing.”

— Ellen Degeneres, Seriously...I'm Kidding

“I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That's real beauty to me.”

— Ellen Degeneres, My Point...And I Do Have One

“I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.”

— Ellen Degeneres, Seriously...I'm Kidding

“I've got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don't want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I'd rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny—a thousand things, bef…”

— J.K Rowling, 20 Wise and Witty J. K. Rowling Quotes

“Be kind to one another.”

— Ellen Degeneres, Seriously...I'm Kidding

“Haters are my motivators.”

— Ellen Degeneres, Ellen Degeneres: A Biography

“If we don’t want to define ourselves by things as superficial as our appearances, we’re stuck with the revolting alternative of being judged by our actions.”

— Ellen Degeneres, My Point...And I Do Have One

“My life is perfect even when it's not.”

— Ellen Degeneres, Stop Talking To Me