I serve dinner in three phases: serve the food, clear the table, bury the dead.
PHYLLIS DILLERIf you don’t have wrinkles, you haven’t laughed enough.
More Phyllis Diller Quotes
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The doctor looked my body over. I said: Is there any hope? He said: Yes. Reincarnation.
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Maybe it’s true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.
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The only thing my husband and I have in common is that we were married on the same day.
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I have so many liver spots, I ought to come with a side of onions.
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Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
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If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with, ‘Who could have done this? We have no enemies!’
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I once wore a peekaboo blouse. People would peek and then they’d boo.
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A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
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… if they [your children] write their names in the dust on the furniture, don’t let them put the year.
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You know you’re old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you’re barefoot.
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Aim high, and you won’t shoot your foot off.
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Remarrying a husband you’ve divorced is like having your appendix put back in.
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You know you’re old when your walker has an airbag.
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I like to serve chocolate cake, because it doesn’t show the dirt.
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My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.
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