Top 250 Ellen DeGeneres Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Be kind to one another. Bye, bye.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

2. “Be true to yourself and everything will be fine.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

3. “I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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4. “My life is perfect even when it’s not.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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5. “The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give in to peer pressure to try to be something that you’re not.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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

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7. “Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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8. “Haters are my motivators.”

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9. “Above all, I strive to be the best I can – to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.”

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10. “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.”

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11. “Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.”

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12. “So be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer.”

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13. “When your heart is broken, when your heart has cracks in it, it lets the light in.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

14. “Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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15. “Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that.”

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

— Ellen DeGeneres

17. “Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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

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19. “Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

20. “I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.”

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

— Ellen DeGeneres

22. “There’s no one way to dance. And that’s kind of my philosophy about everything.”

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23. “Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.”

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24. “It’s our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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

— Ellen DeGeneres

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26. “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.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

27. “I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle.”

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28. “I’m going to be kind, because then it all just kind of spreads, and the world is a little nicer out there.”

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29. “If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you.”

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30. “I like to try new things because I get bored so easily.”

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31. “You’re never too old to play. You’re only too old for low-rise jeans.”

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32. “Though you feel you’re not where you’re suppose to be, you shouldn’t worry because that next turn that you take, it will lead you to where you wanna go.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

33. “Do we have to know who’s gay and who’s straight? Can’t we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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34. “We focus so much on our differences, and that is creating, I think, a lot of chaos and negativity and bullying in the world. And I think if everybody focused on what we all have in common – which is – we all want to be happy.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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35. “You’re gonna be ok, dum de dum dum dum, just dance.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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36. “The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself.”

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37. “You should never assume. You know what happens when you assume. You make an ass out of you and me because that’s how it’s spelled.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

38. “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.”

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

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40. “Sometimes the greatest things are the most embarrassing.”

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41. “Haiku sounds like I’m Saying hi to someone named Ku. Hi, Ku. Hello.”

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42. “You just have to keep driving down the road. It’s going to bend and curve and you’ll speed up and slow down, but the road keeps going.”

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43. “Normally, I try not to pay attention to my haters, but this time I’d like to talk about it, because my haters are my motivators.”

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44. “So many people prefer to live in drama because it’s comfortable. It’s like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship – it’s actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

45. “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

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46. “Don’t you hate when people are late to work. And they always have the worst excuses. “Oh, I’m sorry I’m late, traffic.” “Traffic, huh? How do you think I got here; helicoptered in!?””

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

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48. “Emote. It’s okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.”

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49. “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.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

50. “I don’t think I remember my first memory.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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