I asked the waiter, ‘Is this milk fresh?’ He said, ‘Lady, three hours ago it was grass.’
PHYLLIS DILLERI’m eighteen years behind in my ironing.
More Phyllis Diller Quotes
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Remarrying a husband you’ve divorced is like having your appendix put back in.
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Next to gold and jewelry, health is the most important thing you can have.
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I don’t know how you feel about old age… but in my case I didn’t even see it coming. It hit me from the rear.
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I once wore a peekaboo blouse. People would peek and then they’d boo.
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Oh, that dog! Ever hear of a German Shepherd that bites its nails? Barks with a lisp? You say, “Attack!” And he has one. All he does is piddle. He’s nothing but a fur-covered kidney that barks.
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The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can’t see him laughing at you.
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self-pity is better than none.
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Comedy is tragedy revisited.
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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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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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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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I will never give up. I am in my 14th year of a 10-day beauty plan.
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Health – what my friends are always drinking to before they fall down.
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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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I serve dinner in three phases: serve the food, clear the table, bury the dead.
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