Ellen DeGeneres Giving Quotations

Standup is more me talking the entire time. There's definitely an exchange of energy because that room, that audience, is giving back.

It's just, you can get very complacent if you do the same thing all the time and especially [comedy], it gives me different things to react to and respond to, and it stimulates me,.

People give me such a hard time because I don't wear dresses. What's that got to do with anything?

Really, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I've been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I'm happy I could give him work.

There is something about TM. It is the only time I have that stillness... It gives me this peaceful feeling-I just love it so much.

When life gives you lemons....they could really be oranges.

It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting.

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.