I had a really tough time for a few years. My show was gone. My phone wasn't ringing. There wasn't one job… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail,… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
People give me such a hard time because I don't wear dresses. What's that got to do with anything? — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
No matter how popular you are as a stand-up - you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I didn't go to college at all, any college, and I'm not saying you wasted your time or money, but look at… — 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
For a long time I thought I knew for sure who I was. I grew up in New Orleans and became a… — 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
I've moved about 10 times over the past 15 years. I don't move for the sole purpose of getting rid of stuff.… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
“What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool... I mean, I had a mullet and I wore… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness - and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I don't pay attention to the number of birthdays. It's weird when I say I'm 53. It just is crazy that I'm… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
There is something about TM. It is the only time I have that stillness... It gives me this peaceful feeling-I just love… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
We all feel like idiots at one time or another. Even if we feel we're cool 98 percent of the time, that… — 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
