I’m eighteen years behind in my ironing.
PHYLLIS DILLERAll mothers are working mothers.
More Phyllis Diller Quotes
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The only thing my husband and I have in common is that we were married on the same day.
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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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My husband is so cheap. On Christmas Eve, he fires one shot and tells the kids Santa committed suicide.
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I’ve tried Buddhism, Scientology, Numerology, Transcendental Meditation, Qabbala, t’ai chi, feng shui and Deepak Chopra but I find straight gin works best.
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My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.
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I admit, I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away.
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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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I was the world’s ugliest baby. When I was born, the doctor slapped everybody.
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I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
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A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
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You’ve got to realize that when all goes well, and everything is beautiful, you have no comedy. It’s when somebody steps on the bride’s train, or belches during the ceremony that you’ve got comedy!
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When you play spin the bottle, if they don’t want to kiss you they have to give you a quarter. Well, hell, by the time I was twelve years old I owned my own home.
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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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Before you get married you should meet your fiance’s parents. It is not enough that you like his parole officer.
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I was in a beauty contest once. I not only came in last, I was hit in the mouth by Miss Congeniality.
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