I used to beat myself up about weight and working out, and no matter what I did I never felt good about myself. I decided to accept myself and know that I am good.
ELLEN DEGENERESI’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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Portia and I have been married for 4 years and they have been the happiest of my life. And in those 4 years, I don’t think we hurt anyone else’s marriage. I asked all of my neighbors and they say they’re fine
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I like sitting at outdoor restaurants; it would be nice to go someplace on the street and not worry about somebody taking my picture while I’m about to take a bite of something.
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I became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy farms.
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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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I get my dance moves from just moving around and listening to music and not really worrying about if it’s perfect or not.
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I cannot imagine not going home to animals. They are the closest thing to God. They don’t harbour resentment.
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I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
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When people show me clothing that seems very, very feminine, it’s hard for me to embrace that, because it just doesn’t feel like me.
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I’m a lesbian, an Aquarian, and a vegetarian.
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One rough patch is not the big picture.
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I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.
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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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You have to have funny faces and words, you can’t just have words. It is a powerful thing, and I think that’s why it’s hard for people to imagine that women can do that, be that powerful.
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Yeah I’m thirty-six, but on the show I’m thirty-two. Nobody wants to watch a thirty-six year old woman, so they decided to make me thirty-two. Much more appealing somehow.
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It’s funny how cucumber water can taste so much better than pickle juice, even though they come from the same source.
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