One rough patch is not the big picture. Ellen DeGeneres More Quotes by Ellen DeGeneres More Quotes From Ellen DeGeneres Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most Ellen DeGeneres teach happens Designing is my hobby. If I didn't do what I do for a living - at some point when I don't do this for a living - I'll probably just do design work. I love finding really special pieces of furniture. Ellen DeGeneres design-work pieces special Our attention span is shot. We've all got Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD or OCD or one of these disorders with three letters because we don't have the time or patience to pronounce the entire disorder. That should be a disorder right there, TBD - Too Busy Disorder. Ellen DeGeneres humor add funny There's no one way to dance. And that's kind of my philosophy about everything. Ellen DeGeneres inspirational philosophy way The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift. Ellen DeGeneres fear inspirational thinking Haters are my motivators Ellen DeGeneres I'm glad I'm funny. I'm glad I make people happy, because that's very important. But I'm proud to be known as a kind person. Ellen DeGeneres compassion kindness people 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 are what make us unique. Ellen DeGeneres unique fun thinking My life is perfect even when it's not. Ellen DeGeneres life-is perfect Above all things physical, it is more important to be beautiful on the inside - to have a big hear and an open mind and a spectacular spleen. Ellen DeGeneres inner-beauty attitude beautiful 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 right in front of us. Ellen DeGeneres focus worry two You're never too old to play. You're only too old for low-rise jeans. Ellen DeGeneres jeans fashion play I have the worst memory ever so no matter who comes up to me - they're just, like, 'I can't believe you don't remember me!" I'm like, 'Oh Dad I'm sorry! Ellen DeGeneres dad sorry memories I won't have a hard time being brutally honest. But I won't be mean. You don't have to be mean to be honest. Ellen DeGeneres hard-times honest mean I feel like I have a hangover, without all the happy memories and mystery bruises. Ellen DeGeneres hangover memories funny If anybody could put themselves in that situation of feeling a giant loud voice saying you don't deserve the same rights, you are different and you are not equal, it feels really bad. Ellen DeGeneres loud-voices rights feelings The sixties were when hallucinogenic drugs were really, really big. And I don't think it's a coincidence that we had the type of shows we had then, like The Flying Nun. Ellen DeGeneres humor funny thinking Why can't rappers just say nice things? Like I wanna take your clothes off and hang them up in the closet real nice. Ellen DeGeneres rapper nice real The good psychic would pick up the phone before it rang. Of course it is possible there was noone on the other line. Once she said "God Bless you" I said, "I didn't sneeze" She looked deep into my eyes and said, "You will, eventually." And damn it if she wasn't right. Two days later I sneezed. Ellen DeGeneres humor eye funny Way, way back in the day, like in the 1990s, if you wanted to tell everyone you ate waffles for breakfast, you couldn’t just go on the Internet and tweet it out. There was only one way to do it. You had to go outside and scream at the top of your lungs, 'I ate waffles for breakfast!' That’s why so many people ended up in institutions. They seemed crazy, but when you think about it, they were just ahead of their time. Ellen DeGeneres crazy people thinking