Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most Ellen DeGeneres More Quotes by Ellen DeGeneres More Quotes From Ellen DeGeneres My name is Ellen and I'm a vegetarian. Just to add another label to me: I am a lesbian, aquarian and vegetarian. I've said it. Ellen DeGeneres labels names add I would love for the world to be happier. Ellen DeGeneres world But I do believe that's when you do your soul-searching. I think when you have these trials that life gives you, it is an opportunity to find out who you are. Not just who you are when everything's great, but who are you when everything is taken away from you and you have nothing. Ellen DeGeneres taken opportunity believe My cat, Ethel, is an indoor cat but somehow she's sneakin' out at night. 'Cause the other morning I found a stamp on her paw... I wouldn't have noticed myself, but I just bought this new black light and she passed right under it and I said, 'Hey, what's that on you paw? Ellen DeGeneres cat morning night All of my friends were seeing a therapist, and I thought something was wrong with me that I didn't see a therapist. So I went to a therapist to find out why I wasn't seeing a therapist. And it turns out I'm very screwed up. Thank God I found a therapist to tell me for $125 an hour. Ellen DeGeneres hours therapists thank-god For some reason, we can't just enjoy somebody else's success. Somehow, that's going to affect us. If they have more, then I have less - and I don't know why. Ellen DeGeneres enjoy reason knows The stand up, everything was accidental. I never grew up and was the class clown and had to get the attention. It was - it really is, I have a career despite myself. Ellen DeGeneres careers class attention I have an amazing team, I have amazing producers, I have amazing writers, but at the end of it, it's me making the decisions on the writing, the tone, the editing. Ellen DeGeneres team editing writing Come on, if you don't win tonight it doesn't mean you're not a good person, it just means you're not a good actor. Ellen DeGeneres humor funny mean When there's time for whistling, there's a lot of time on a show. Ellen DeGeneres whistling humor funny That woman in the shampoo commercial - she's happy. She's... she's too happy. Ellen DeGeneres shampoo humor funny Have you ever thought about toothpaste? Ellen has! And she makes a point about all of the types of toothpaste that Colgate offers! Ellen DeGeneres toothpaste humor funny A circus! 100 clowns of injustice have climbed out of the tiny clown car of this court room. Ellen DeGeneres tiny car rooms You know me. Any excuse to put on a dress. Ellen DeGeneres humor dresses funny I hate having to do small talk. I'd rather talk about deep subjects. I'd rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter. Ellen DeGeneres hate meditation animal The first person I learned I could make happy with laughter was my mother, whom I idolize. It was a powerful thing to realize. I knew I had found my life's work. Ellen DeGeneres laughter powerful mother I think I let go of the need for approval. It certainly feels good when you get it, but I used to be more desperate for it. Once I felt better inside about myself... I could do everything based on how I want to do things. Ellen DeGeneres humor letting-go funny I'm a - I'm a, um, a godmother which is just, that's fun to be a godmother, she is so precious, she's the light of my life, she's two... or five or something, and she's, uh... I don't know, I've never seen her - the pictures are precious, she just seems so, y'know... She lives clear across town, I don't have that kind of time, but, um... Well, I send money and stuff, it's not like I don't have a connection... Ellen DeGeneres humor light funny I believe one day a 'ban on gay marriage' will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us. Ellen DeGeneres speaks-out gay believe My dog of 17 years just died. Oh you're kidding?... Noooo... as funny as that is, I'm not Ellen DeGeneres humor dog funny
