Ellen Degeneres

125 quotes

Television Actor · Born Jan 26, 1958 · United States Of America · Female

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From “Women on Twenties”

“A hundred years ago, we couldn't vote. We have come such a long way. I mean, here I am, a woman, wearing pants on national television, drunk as a skunk, gay as the day is long.”

Tagged: Progress

“Do you want me on the twenty dollar bill? Really? Guys, really? It's too late. They already narrowed it down to four finalists; and actually, the one requirement is: the women can't be alive, and I don't want it that bad.”

Tagged: Fame

From “Ellen Says #MeToo”

“We all want the same thing, we want respect, love and kindness. And if I could have those three things and an iPhone X, I’d be happy.”

From “The Green Book”

“People don't realize how little it takes to change our world for the better.”

Tagged: World, Change, People, Society, everything matters

“Our world is becoming so convenient that we take it for granted.”

Tagged: World, humans, Society, Global Warming, Climate Change

From “Special”

“I don't want to take a pill. Go to Africa, go follow some bushman around. He's being chased by a lion. That's stress. You're not going to find a pygmy on Paxil, I'll tell you that right now.”

Tagged: Pills, Africa, Bushman, Paxil, First world problems

“What's with this sudden choice of disorders we get right now? When I was a kid, we just had crazy people. That's it, just crazy people.”

Tagged: Mental Illness, Disorders, Crazy People

“We stock up on popcorn and candy like we're crossing the Sierras, don't we? "I'll have a couple of soft pretzels, a hot dog, Milk Duds, Sno-Caps. Is that the largest popcorn you've got there, that bucket? You don't have a barrel or anything like that? Do you have a donkey or a pack mule or anything?…”

Tagged: Popcorn, candy, Sierras, Milk Duds, Sno-Caps

From “Just Asking... Ellen DeGeneres”

“There's a lot of people who have that opinion that women aren't as funny or aren't as smart as men. Comedy can be, especially in a writer's room, really aggressive, kind of a very male-dominated room, and it would be hard for women. It's not a nurturing place. It's not like a lot of women are going…”

Tagged: comedy, Women, Men, Male-Dominated, Mean-Spirited

“Any time you have someone who is living their life openly and truthfully, whatever that means, not just in sexuality, it's a positive sign.”

Tagged: Open, Truthful, sexuality, Coming out

From “The Side of Ellen DeGeneres You Don't Know”

“What would happen if you put hand lotion on your feet? Would your feet get confused and start clapping?”

Tagged: Hand Lotion, Foot Lotion, Absurd

“There's even a name for the people who have the most stuff. They're called hoarders. Back in the day, they were just called grandmothers.”

Tagged: Hoarders, grandmothers

“I watch people's behavior and notice things. I think that's why I became a comedian. I notice how stupid the things we do are. You know, like writing the word ‘over’ on the bottom of a letter. As if someone's just going to throw the letter away without trying to turn it over first! Or, when you…”

Tagged: comedy, Songwriting, comedian, Observational Humor

“It's amazing how many people I get who are either at home sick, recovering from something, or in the hospital for some reason. New fans are always like, ‘I’ve never seen your show before and I was home recovering from surgery and...you're funny!’ So the more people who get sick, the better for me,…”

Tagged: Funny, hospital, Sick, Recovering

“Faith is part of who I am, yes. I was raised Christian Scientist. The most important thing I saw every single week on the wall at Sunday school was the Golden Rule: ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’ That's what I got out of church and, to me, it's still the way to live. My dad is…”

Tagged: golden rule, Christian Science, Intelligence, Higher Power, Sunday School

“The world's a scary place, you know? It can be really sad and stressful and negative. I try to counterbalance that. I believe everything in life is energy. If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a…”

Tagged: Sad, Stressful, Negative, Energy, environment

From “6 Things We Learned About Ellen DeGeneres From Dax Shepard's Podcast”

“It hurt my feelings. I was getting jokes made at my expense on every late-night show, people were making fun of me. I was really depressed. And because of that, and because my show was cancelled, I was looked at as a failure in this business. No one would touch me. I had no agent, no possibility of…”

Tagged: Feelings, Coming out, Failure

From “Finding Dory”

“I remember it like it was yesterday. Of course, I don't really remember yesterday all that well.”

Tagged: Memory, yesterday

“Dory: What is so great about plans? I never had a plan! Did I plan to lose my parents? No. Did I plan to find Marlin? No. Did you and I plan to meet? Wait. Did we? Hank: Are you almost done? Dory: Well, I don't think we did. And that's because the best things happen by chance. Because that's life.…”

Tagged: plans, Chance

“For a guy with three hearts you're not very nice.”

Tagged: Nice, Hearts, Sassy, Diss