Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

I think people talk too much anyway. Sometimes people are talking to me and in my mind I'm just like “shut up, shut up, shut upblah blah blah blah blaaaaah.

Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.

Haters are my motivators

Baloney is just salami with an inferiority complex.

For someone like me, who loves to sweat and push herself, it's a challenge to slow down, to sit, to breathe and hold poses.

It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.

I'm glad I'm funny. I'm glad I make people happy, because that's very important. But I'm proud to be known as a kind person.

I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion.

Gratitude is looking on the brighter side of the life, even if it means hurting your eyes.

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

Be kind to one another. Bye, bye.

I don't understand the sizes anymore. There's a size zero, which I didn't even know that they had. It must stand for: 'Ohhh my God, you're thin.'

Beauty isn’t between a size zero and a size eight, it is not a number at all. It is not physical.

So excited for the Apple Watch. For centuries, we've checked the time by looking at our phones. Having it on your wrist? Genius.

There's no one way to dance. And that's kind of my philosophy about everything.

It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they fun when they happen? No. But they are what make us unique.

If you're in a position where you can help other people, there is nothing better in life than helping other people. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

Above all things physical, it is more important to be beautiful on the inside - to have a big hear and an open mind and a spectacular spleen.

One time I actually cleaned out my closet so good I ended up on the cover of Time magazine.

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 life is perfect even when it's not.

You can always tell when the relationship is over. Little things start getting on your nerves, 'Would you please stop that! That breathing in and out, it's so repetitious.'

I have the worst memory ever so no matter who comes up to me - they're just, like, 'I can't believe you don't remember me!" I'm like, 'Oh Dad I'm sorry!

Now we have hands-free phones, so you can focus on the thing you're really supposed to be doing. Chances are, if you need both of your hands to do something, your brain should be in on it too.

I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle

Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most

I've always said, I like my coffee like I like my men... I don't drink coffee.

Procrastinate now, don't put it off.

It's nice when people love you....for you.

We can sit and worry about what's going to happen to us two weeks from now. I'd rather focus on the amazing things happening right in front of us.

The legend goes that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. I was thinking... that must be hard to put all the tiny seatbelts on all the snakes.

I used to beat myself up about weight and working out, and no matter what I did I never felt good about myself. I decided to accept myself and know that I am good.

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

Usually, I wear tennis shoes because my feet are flat, and it hurts to wear anything other than shoes that are cushiony.

It is a fundamental right for people to be allowed to love who they want to love and marry who they want to marry and stop holding on to some form of discrimination that it's just isn't fair.

I'm on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, and then I'm gonna rip it off.

Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it.

I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness - and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I'm a human trying to make it through in this world.

I had everything I'd hoped for, but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn't like me for being... me.

Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log.

I hope I make people feel better. I hope I take people out of their situations a little bit and make them happier. That's really why I do what I do.

No one is perfect, except for Penélope Cruz.

I won't have a hard time being brutally honest. But I won't be mean. You don't have to be mean to be honest.

We use only 10% of our brains... Imagine how smart we would be if we used the other 60%!

The sixties were when hallucinogenic drugs were really, really big. And I don't think it's a coincidence that we had the type of shows we had then, like The Flying Nun.

Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.

I like being busy and juggling a lot of things at the same time. I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot.

It was so important for me to lose everything, because I found out what the most important thing is, which is to be true to yourself.

Who needs sleep? I laugh in the face of sleep!

The way I see it... If you need both of your hands for whatever it is you're doing, then your brain should probably be in on it too.