You know me. Any excuse to put on a dress.
ELLEN DEGENERESYou know me. Any excuse to put on a dress.
ELLEN DEGENERESAbove all, I strive to be the best I can – to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.
ELLEN DEGENERESBe kind to one another. Bye, bye.
ELLEN DEGENERESBeauty isn’t between a size zero and a size eight, it is not a number at all. It is not physical.
ELLEN DEGENERESI know that experts say you’re more likely to get hurt crossing the street than you are flying, but that doesn’t make me any less frightened of flying. If anything, it makes me more afraid of crossing the street.
ELLEN DEGENERESThe thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself.
ELLEN DEGENERESYou 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.
ELLEN DEGENERESIt was so important for me to lose everything, because I found out what the most important thing is, which is to be true to yourself.
ELLEN DEGENERESWhen I decided to have my character on the show come out, I knew I was going to have to come out, too. I never wanted to be the lesbian actress. I never wanted to be the spokesperson for the gay community. Ever. I did it for my own truth.
ELLEN DEGENERESMy dog of 17 years just died. Oh you’re kidding?… Noooo… as funny as that is, I’m not
ELLEN DEGENERESThis is my real secret to being a joyful person: I make my life easy. I spend more time being grateful for what I have instead of focusing on what isn’t working. I no longer believe that people have to do things my way and that I have to be perfect.
ELLEN DEGENERESIf we lose our phones, we lose our phone books. You don’t memorize numbers anymore.
ELLEN DEGENERESYou can always tell when the relationship is over. Little things start getting on your nerves, ‘Would you please stop that! That breathing in and out, it’s so repetitious.’
ELLEN DEGENERESThe 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.
ELLEN DEGENERESI don’t want to get the same looks I give people when they get on a plane holding a baby: “That’s a cute baby, just keep walking, keep walking, keep going, keep going.
ELLEN DEGENERESI’m a godmother, that’s a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that’s cute, I taught her that.
ELLEN DEGENERES