Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.
PHYLLIS DILLERMost children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.
More Phyllis Diller Quotes
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.
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Tennis is like marrying for money. Love means nothing.
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Health – what my friends are always drinking to before they fall down.
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To get a roaster clean, send something like baked apples in it to a neighbor. Neighbors always return pans spotless, and you won’t have to use a blow torch on it like you usually do.
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We Californians are constantly accused of not having seasons, but we do. We have fire, flood, mud, and drought.
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I was the world’s ugliest baby. I have photos of my folks leaving the hospital with sacks over their heads… I asked my mother how to turn off the electric fan. She said ‘Grab the blade!
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Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.
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Remember there is no way you can give the father custody of the children without getting a divorce.
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Aim high, and you won’t shoot your foot off.
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Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age – as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.
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Doctors say it’s okay to have sex after a heart attack, provided you close the ambulance door.
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My mother-in-law had a pain beneath her left breast. Turned out to be a trick knee.
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Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.
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I’m the only woman who can walk in Central Park at night… and reduce the crime rate.
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I asked the waiter, ‘Is this milk fresh?’ He said, ‘Lady, three hours ago it was grass.’
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