I was in a beauty contest once. I not only came in last, I was hit in the mouth by Miss Congeniality.
PHYLLIS DILLERI never made `Who’s Who,’ but I’m featured in `What’s That?’
More Phyllis Diller Quotes
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It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.
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I am descended from a very long line my mother once foolishly listened to.
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My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.
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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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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!
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When I go to the beach, even the tide won’t come in.
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Housework can’t kill you, but why take a chance?
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A terrible thing happened to me last night again—nothing.
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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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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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The last thing my kids ever did to earn money was lose their baby teeth.
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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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All mothers are working mothers.
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My photographs don’t do me justice – they just look like me.
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If your husband wants to lick the beaters on the mixer, shut them off before you give them to him.
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