My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.
Interpretation
This quote humorously highlights the unpredictability of life and aging, as well as the importance of staying active.
Ellen Degeneres uses this quote to combine humor with a reflection on vitality and longevity. By mentioning her grandmother's remarkable commitment to walking five miles a day and the amusing implication that at ninety-seven, she has become elusive, the quote illustrates how an active lifestyle can lead to a long and vibrant life, while poking fun at the unexpected twists that life can take.
In practice
This quote can be used to inspire seniors on the importance of maintaining an active lifestyle.
Now,I'm no scientist,but I know what endorphins are. They're tiny little magical elves that swim through your blood stream and tell funny jokes to each other. When they reach your brain,you hear what they're saying and that boosts your health and happiness. "Knock Knock... Who's There?.. Little endorphin... Little endorphin who?... Little Endorphin Annie." And then the endorphins laugh and then you laugh. See? Its Science.
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.
When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.
I personally chose to go vegan because I educated myself on factory farming and cruelty to animals, and I suddenly realized that what was on my plate were living things, with feelings. And I just couldn't disconnect myself from it any longer. I read books like 'Diet for a New America' and saw documentaries like 'Earthlings' and 'Meet your Meat,' and it became an easy choice for me.
If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit's eyes, they should throw it in Charles Manson's eyes and ask him if it hurts.
I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That's real beauty to me.
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.
Any comic is a very good actor. Look at Don Rickles. He is saying the same joke every night for 20 years and making it look like he just thought of it.
I was kind of shy as a lad, and a lot of things that made me laugh, I found, did not make other people laugh.
Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.
A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
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