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Viewers' Words | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 | 9:00 AM

Viewers' Words to Live By

Do you have a motto, a quote, an adage, a catchphrase, battle cry, maxim, proverb or slogan that helps you get through the day? (Sorry, sometimes I get a little thesaurus-y.) Send it our way and we'll put it on our virtual coffee cup. If we pick your saying -- we'll send you an Ellen coffee mug!

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"Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence."

-Thomas Paine

Posted by Ryan | July 4, 2009 12:46 AM

Hi Ellen

I'm 11 and I love your show I have so many short people in my gr.6 class So

"A persons a person no matter how small!"
-Horten hears a who

Posted by Anna | February 17, 2009 6:15 PM

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Posted by xwpuontv kxmrbczsg | December 25, 2008 5:49 PM

Here is a quote my mom used to say:

"Your daughter is your daughter for the rest of your life, but a son is your son until he gets a wife"

Posted by janet dalbo | December 6, 2008 6:31 AM

I have 2

I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.

I live in my own little world, leave me there.

I may have typed those within another, longer list somewhere else here, but they're my favorites. :)

Posted by Fly on the wall | August 18, 2008 9:01 AM

"It's not easy being green"--Kermit the frog

Posted by GeriC | July 29, 2008 5:17 PM

My favorite saying to date:

"It took me too long to realize that I don't take good pictures because I have the kind of beauty that moves." - Ani DiFranco

I also love "Familiarity breads contempt... and children." - Mark Twain

Thanks for being you!

Katie DeCarlo
Berkeley, CA

Posted by Katie | July 2, 2008 9:17 PM

Last night I asked God's angels to help me. The man I was in love with and 'thought' was in love with me, told me that he never said that he was IN love with me..just in love. I have about 50 emails and notes saying how 'in love' he was when we first started the relationship last year. I cried my eyes out and asked God to help me heal and move on. Today, I don't know why I clicked on Ellen. The quote by David just jumped out at me: If you tried so hard to be with the wrong person just imagine how great it will be when the right person comes along. I believe in the Law of Attraction. Today I closed the door to heartache and have opened the door for my perfect mate to walk through. I can't wait to see what he looks like! Hope he likes to dance!!

Posted by Cathy | June 8, 2008 9:56 AM

Hi Ellen,
Just wanted to say thank you for all the laughter and wonderful moments that you have shared and given to us through your very talented, giving, compassionate, and loving television 'shows' and yes I've watched them all! You're the most gifted comedian alive, your ability to write is off the charts and worthy of all awards!

Here are two things that I really try to live by everyday, hope you like'em:

Don't do ANYTHING today that you will regret tomorrow.

Be careful of the toes you step on today they could be connected to the butt you have to kiss tomorrow!

Lots of Love,
Shaleigh



Posted by Shaleigh | May 22, 2008 8:06 PM

"Don't do anything that would hurt you or others around you"

Posted by Teresa Ann | May 22, 2008 11:25 AM

"Man who go to bed with itchy butt...
Wake up with stinky fingers..."

Jill Moore

Posted by Jill Moore | May 21, 2008 1:53 PM

I love this one, "Don't worry about the small stuff and the big stuff will take care if it self!!

Posted by Debra A Anderson | May 21, 2008 9:46 AM


Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods.
Cats have not forgotten this.

Posted by Abigail Burns | May 16, 2008 5:16 PM


Always try to put yourself in the other person's shoes.

Posted by Abigail Burns | May 16, 2008 5:14 PM

ELLEN, would you consider changing your logo to capital letters? I love your show!! Here is a motto you can say to a rising executive with a superior attitude.
"Be nice to the people on your way up... because they may be the same people you 'll meet on your way down".

Here's one I tell to my 1st graders. "Are you working hard or hardly working?"

I made this one up - "If money makes the world go around, how can I get on the ride?"

Posted by martha kiss | May 15, 2008 4:34 PM

I am a left handed person and alot of people do not know that it is really a right handed world!!!coffee cups are even backwards.so I have one for all of us few southpaws."EVERYBODY IS BORN RIGHT-HANDED YET ONLY THE GREATEST OVERCOME IT"

Posted by Lynn Stephens | May 15, 2008 11:27 AM

I have a few that I keep depending on my mood, here's just a few

"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass -- it's about learning how to dance in the rain." ~ Unknown

When life gets you down - just put on your big girl panties and deal with it.

Tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life is ourselves. LIVE while you are alive.

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

What is most valuable,
is not what we have in our lives;
but WHO we have in our lives

I know I'm in my own little world, but it's ok. They know me here..


I love you show and website Ellen!

Posted by Melisa Ferencz | May 15, 2008 11:12 AM

You can't have everything, and if you did, where would you put it?

Posted by Charis Jolliffe | May 15, 2008 5:36 AM

"You have to go through it, to get to it"

Posted by keshia | May 14, 2008 5:47 PM

The wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw, the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard
Why can't we all be more like that
Wise old bird

Posted by Amy Buessing | May 14, 2008 7:15 AM

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