Frasi di Ellen Lee DeGeneres

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

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

“You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.”

“I'm so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!”

“It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.”

“Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution.

Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.”

“I personally like being unique. I like being my own person with my own style and my own opinions and my own toothbrush.”

“I wonder what will happen if i put a hand cream on my feet, will they get confused and start clapping?”

“Take a nap in a fireplace and you'll sleep like a log.”

“Leaning forward in your chair when someone is trying to squeeze behind you isn't enough. You also have to move the chair.”

“Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it.”

“Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't even have to be an issue.”