I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
ELLEN DEGENERESWe’re told to go on living our lives as usual, because to do otherwise is to let the terrorists win, and really, what would upset the Taliban more than a gay woman wearing a suit in front of a room full of Jews?
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Quick decision makers are often stuck behind annoying people in line at Starbucks.
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If you want to get rid of stuff, you can always do a good spring-cleaning. Or you can do what I do. Move.
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I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle
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Most people don’t get to laugh, be free, dance, be surrounded by this energy. It’s important to remind people to take that home. I want the world to start shifting [to] a more positive energy.
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Dan: ‘Ah, well, I hope this didn’t have anything to do with me.’ Ellen: ‘No, not unless you played Cat Woman in Batman.
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Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you.
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I would love for the world to be happier.
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No one is perfect, except for Penélope Cruz.
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I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.
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The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give in to peer pressure to try to be something that you’re not.
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So many people prefer to live in drama because it’s comfortable. It’s like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship – it’s actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.
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We all feel like idiots at one time or another. Even if we feel we’re cool 98 percent of the time, that 2-percent doofus is poised to take over our bodies without any warning.
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I’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
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My dog of 17 years just died. Oh you’re kidding?… Noooo… as funny as that is, I’m not
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What’s New Orleans without music? And what’s music without dancing?
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