I once wore a peekaboo blouse. People would peek and then they’d boo.
PHYLLIS DILLERI’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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I never made `Who’s Who,’ but I’m featured in `What’s That?’
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My idea of exercise is a good brisk sit.
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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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Before you get married you should meet your fiance’s parents. It is not enough that you like his parole officer.
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I always wondered how I could tell when the right one came along – but it was easy. He was the only one that came along.
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My mother hated me. Once she took me to an orphanage and told me to mingle
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Comedy is tragedy revisited.
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My own laugh is the real thing and I’ve had it all my life.
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When you play spin the bottle, if they don’t want to kiss you they have to give you a quarter. Well, hell, by the time I was twelve years old I owned my own home.
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They just elected me Mis Phonograph Record of 1966. They discovered my measurements were 33 1/2, 45, 78!
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My body’s in such bad shape I wear prescription underwear.
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Next to gold and jewelry, health is the most important thing you can have.
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In most states you can get a driver’s license when you’re sixteen years old, which made a lot of sense to me when I was sixteen years old but now seems insane.
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I’m the only woman who can walk in Central Park at night… and reduce the crime rate.
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I’m looking for a perfume to overpower men – I’m sick of karate.
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I asked my hairdresser what would look good on me. She says a Los Angeles Rams football helmet.
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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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A terrible thing happened to me last night again—nothing.
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There’s such a buildup of crud in my oven, there’s only room to bake a single cupcake.
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Do not taste food while you’re cooking. You may lose your nerve to serve it.
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Health – what my friends are always drinking to before they fall down.
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You’ve got to realize that when all goes well, and everything is beautiful, you have no comedy. It’s when somebody steps on the bride’s train, or belches during the ceremony that you’ve got comedy!
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Tennis is like marrying for money. Love means nothing.
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When I go to the beach, even the tide won’t come in.
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I have so many liver spots, I ought to come with a side of onions.
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The doctor looked my body over. I said: Is there any hope? He said: Yes. Reincarnation.
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