Ellen DeGeneres: Trending quotes

“Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer.”

“Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are.”

“The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in big trouble.”

“Never follow anyone else's path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. Then by all means follow that path.”

“In the beginning there was nothing. God said, ‘Let there be light!’ And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.”

“I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.”

“Procrastinate now, don't put it off.”

“What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?”

“Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.”

“When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.”

“My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the colada.”

“I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I taught her that.”

“Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.”

“True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass.”

“Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.”

“People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant.”

“It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.”

“I don't need a baby growing inside me for nine months. If I'm going to feel nauseous and achy when I wake up, I want to achieve that state the old-fashioned way: getting good and drunk the night before.”

“Stuffed deer heads on walls are bad enough, but it’s worse when you see them wearing dark glasses, having streamers around their necks and a hat on their antlers. Because then you know they were enjoying themselves at a party when they were shot.”