I had no intention of becoming a comedian. I just wanted to make people happy. I tried everything-I shucked oysters, I painted… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I had everything I'd hoped for, but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Then you have these people in the movie theaters that talk the whole time during the movie. You ever go with somebody… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime's Funniest Person in America. And… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
If you're going to be honest with yourself, you have to admit that you go into show business wanting people to talk… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
My dream guests are really not so much celebrities. They're people who are actually interesting and they're doing something interesting with their… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
There are people who study germs. I believe they are called Germans — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
There are “well-known secrets” out there and there are people who are “so happy they could die.” Sometimes people are so sad… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Most people don't get to laugh, be free, dance, be surrounded by this energy. It's important to remind people to take that… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I want people to like me - but not at my expense. I just learned that there are too many people who… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
If your Birthday is on Christmas day and you're not Jesus, you should start telling people your birthday is on June 9… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
It's such an honor to receive the Mark Twain Prize. To get the same award that has been given to people like… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if people are… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I hope I make people feel better. I hope I take people out of their situations a little bit and make them… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are, that's where us gay people come from... you heterosexuals. — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
You listen to any monologue on late-night TV or just in general, to people talking, and there's always a joke at someone's… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
And the bottom line is we are who we are-we look a certain way, we talk a certain way, we walk a… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Have you ever heard somebody sing some lyrics that you've never sung before, and you realize you've never sung the right words… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
People are constantly asking Portia and me if we are going to have children. We thought about it. We love to be… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous. — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I think what saved me is me being honest. I think I somewhow had the courage to do something and say something that I… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I think there's too much mult-tasking going on. I think people need to quiet down and focus and be still more. — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
We can sit and worry about what's going to happen to us two weeks from now. I'd rather focus on the amazing things happening… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they fun when they happen? No. But they… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I had done a sitcom and a movie and hosted the Emmys, and all of a sudden, I lost everything. As someone put it… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself. — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Save a life this Thanksgiving, and join me in starting a new tradition by adopting a turkey instead of eating one through Farm Sanctuary's… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions: Yes. Yes. No. One time in high school. Three times in my twenties. Rocks no salt. Yes. Four. Never.… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Actually this is really funny - one time she accidentally forgot to leave a note and I had no idea she had even moved.… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
A circus! 100 clowns of injustice have climbed out of the tiny clown car of this court room. — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Gratitude is looking on the brighter side of the life, even if it means hurting your eyes. — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
