Maybe it’s true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.
PHYLLIS DILLERBefore you get married you should meet your fiance’s parents. It is not enough that you like his parole officer.
More Phyllis Diller Quotes
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If you don’t have wrinkles, you haven’t laughed enough.
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I’m looking for a perfume to overpower men – I’m sick of karate.
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Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.
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My idea of exercise is a good brisk sit.
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This woman goes into a gun shop and says, ‘I want to buy a gun for my husband.’ The clerk says, ‘Did he tell you what kind of gun?’ ‘No,’ she replied. ‘He doesn’t even know I’m going to shoot him.
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The doctor looked my body over. I said: Is there any hope? He said: Yes. Reincarnation.
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Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.
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I serve dinner in three phases: serve the food, clear the table, bury the dead.
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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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The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.
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My body’s in such bad shape I wear prescription underwear.
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A terrible thing happened to me last night again—nothing.
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You know you’re old when your walker has an airbag.
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I was the world’s ugliest baby. When I was born, the doctor slapped everybody.
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You know you’re old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you’re barefoot.
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