Phyllis Diller Quotes

Phyllis Diller Biography
Type: Comedian
Nationality: American
Born: July 17, 1917

Phyllis Diller (born Phyllis Ada Driver; July 17, 1917) is an American actress and comedienne. She created a stage persona of a wild-haired, eccentrically-dressed housewife who makes jokes about a husband named "Fang" while pretending to smoke from a long cigarette holder. Diller's trademark is her unusual laugh.

A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once.
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A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
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Aim high, and you won't shoot your foot off.
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Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.
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Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed.
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Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out.
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Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room.
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Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.
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His finest hour lasted a minute and a half.
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Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?
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I admit, I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away.
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I asked the waiter, 'Is this milk fresh?' He said, 'Lady, three hours ago it was grass.'
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I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.
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I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing.
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I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about short and cheap?
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If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.
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It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core.
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Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.
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My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.
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