Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Ada Driver, better known as Phyllis Diller, was an American stand-up comedian, actress, singer, dancer, and voice artist, best known for her eccentric stage persona, her self-deprecating humor, her wild hair and clothes, and her exaggerated, cackling laugh...
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth17 July 1917
CityLima, OH
tragedy comedy
Comedy is tragedy revisited.
wall home people
Choose a checked or striped wall paper. People will be halfway home before they are able to focus.
elbows body complaining
The only parts left of my original body are my elbows.
baby children kids
The reason I'm not an alcoholic is I don't like to drink in front of the kids . . . and when you're away from them, who needs it?.
funny wedding dog
Our dog died from licking our wedding picture.
careers lasts hello
The last thing I'd learn, well into my career, was how to get on, how to say hello, how to get in with the audience.
hats faces screws
I was so wrinkled I could screw my hats on.
kids window-panes weather
Keep at least one window pane clean to check the weather. Once when I didn't do this I sent the kids off with umbrellas for six weeks straight.
practice life-is do-it-yourself
Life is a do-it-yourself kit, so do it yourself. Work. Practice.
baby children experts
One [expert] said, 'Always have a baby sitter who is acquainted with your children.' If they were acquainted with my children, they wouldn't sit!
offending about-yourself
You can say the nastiest things about yourself without offending anyone.
lakes placid happenings
Absolutely nothing was happening in my marriage. I nicknamed my waterbed, Lake Placid!
splits firsts spirit
Life began on this planet when the first amoeba split. Mankind will still be seeking God, not accepting that God is a spirit; can't see it, touch it, only feel it. It's called LOVE.
war tragedy would-be
Comedy is tragedy revisited or hostility. It is mock hostility, of course, or it would be ugly; we would have a war.