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!
PHYLLIS DILLER… if they [your children] write their names in the dust on the furniture, don’t let them put the year.
More Phyllis Diller Quotes
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We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.
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The reason women don’t play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public.
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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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I was so wrinkled I could screw my hats on.
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I was in a beauty contest once. I not only came in last, I was hit in the mouth by Miss Congeniality.
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Next to gold and jewelry, health is the most important thing you can have.
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I’ve tried Buddhism, Scientology, Numerology, Transcendental Meditation, Qabbala, t’ai chi, feng shui and Deepak Chopra but I find straight gin works best.
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A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
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My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.
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I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
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You know you’re old if they have discontinued your blood type.
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Remember there is no way you can give the father custody of the children without getting a divorce.
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The last thing my kids ever did to earn money was lose their baby teeth.
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All mothers are working mothers.
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Aim high, and you won’t shoot your foot off.
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