Ellen DeGeneres

Comedian, Television Host

Ellen DeGeneres is a comedian and television host known for her groundbreaking talk show, which promotes kindness and authenticity.

Born
January 26, 1958
Quotes
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Rank
#424

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"Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought no one would watch it because I'm openly gay."

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"You know, radio DJ's must really love to talk to theirselves. Especially when they have the graveyard shift. 'Hey this is Ellen with 89.1. It is currently three in the morning. There are few cars on the road. And it your still listening heres a little music to get you to dance."

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"I prefer to believe that people are good and honest and respect me enough to tell me the truth. It's not easy to find those people all the time, but they're out there."

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"Quick decision makers are often stuck behind annoying people in line at Starbucks."

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"There are all sorts of books offering advice on how to deal with life-threatening situations, but where's the advice on dealing with embarrassing ones?"

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"...we should be grateful for them because without our family—the ancestors we descend from, the cousins we see once a year, the loves our lives we see every day—life is pretty boring."

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"Something big happened over the weekend. Something that affects everybody, all over the world. George Clooney got married."

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"Do you feel insecure because you keep getting the nagging feeling that you're not that smart? Well, I've got good news for you, my friend. You have no need to be insecure. That nagging feeling is absolutely right on target. You are not that smart. But I have more good news for you. You are also not alone."

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"I wonder what will happen if i put a hand cream on my feet, will they get confused and start clapping?"

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"I don't need a baby growing inside me for nine months. If I'm going to feel nauseous and achy when I wake up, I want to achieve that state the old-fashioned way: getting good and drunk the night before."

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"Dan: 'Ah, well, I hope this didn't have anything to do with me.' Ellen: 'No, not unless you played Cat Woman in Batman."

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"I think there's too much mult-tasking going on. I think people need to quiet down and focus and be still more."

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"When the message out there is so horrible that, to be gay, you can get killed for it... we need to change the message!!"

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"There is something about TM. It is the only time I have that stillness... It gives me this peaceful feeling-I just love it so much."

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"We're just trying to find happiness in the bodies and minds we were given, like everyone else."

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"I cannot imagine not going home to animals. They are the closest thing to God. They don't harbour resentment."

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"I'm not going to say who looks the most beautiful, but it's clear. It's Jared Leto. I mean, he's the prettiest. Boy is he pretty"

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"I see those picketers, and I think you know, if I weren't a loving, non-violent, spiritual person, I would really go over there and grab those signs and smash them over their heads and shove them up their asses. But...I'm a loving, spiritual person."

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"Catch-and-release, that's like running down pedestrians in your car and then, when they get up and limp away, saying -- 'Off you go! That's fine. I just wanted to see if I could hit you.'"

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"Don't you hate when people are late to work. And they always have the worst excuses. "Oh, I'm sorry I'm late, traffic." "Traffic, huh? How do you think I got here; helicoptered in!?""

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