Quotes & Jokes by Ellen DeGeneres / page 7

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You just have to keep driving down the road. It's going to bend and curve and you'll speed up and slow down, but the road keeps going.

I feel like I have a hangover, without all the happy memories and mystery bruises.

My dog of 17 years just died. Oh you're kidding?.. No... as funny as that is, I'm not.

Yeah I'm thirty-six, but on the show I'm thirty-two. Nobody wants to watch a thirty-six year old woman, so they decided to make me thirty-two. Much more appealing somehow.

When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.

The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and generalizations lead to assumptions and assumptions lead back to stereotypes. It’s a vicious cycle, and after you go around and around a bunch of times you end up believing that all vegans only eat cabbage and all gay people love musicals.

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!?"

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.

Haters are my motivators.

Sometimes when I am driving I get so angry at inconsiderate drivers that I want to scream at them. But then I remember how insignificant that is, and I thank God that I have a car and my health and gas. That was phrased wrong - normally you wouldn't say, thank God I have gas.

Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.

Contribute to the world. Help people. Help one person. Help someone cross the street today. Help someone with directions unless you have a terrible sense of direction. Help someone who is trying to help you. Just help. Make an impact. Show someone you care. Say yes instead of no. Say something nice. Smile. Make eye contact. Hug. Kiss. Get naked.

Designing is my hobby. If I didn't do what I do for a living - at some point when I don't do this for a living - I'll probably just do design work. I love finding really special pieces of furniture.

My hair is always at its best in New York. I don't know what's in the water. It could be mousse.

Take a nap in a fireplace and you'll sleep like a log.