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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.

- Ellen DeGeneres

Really, he called me that? Ellen Degenerate? I`ve been getting that since the fourth grade. I guess I`m happy I could give him work. (When told in an interview that, after she revealed her homosexuality, Jerry Falwell called her `Ellen Degenerate`.)

- Ellen DeGeneres

I like computers. I like the Internet. It`s a tool that can be used. But don`t be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything other than aspects of a degenerate economic system.

- Jerry Brown

A wonderful thing about acting is that there`s continually the possibility of that huge brass ring out there, like a degenerate gambler making a hit. You work hard and maybe that slick, glittering ring is sticking to your palm.

- Patrick Kilpatrick

The doctors realized in retrospect that even though most of these dead had also suffered from burns and blast effects, they had absorbed enough radiation to kill them. The rays simply destroyed body cells - caused their nuclei to degenerate and broke their walls.

- John Hersey

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.

- James Monroe

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

- Peter Drucker

It`s a great medium for trivia and hobbies, but not the place for reasoned, reflective judgment. Suprisingly often, discussions degenerate into acrimony, insults and flames.

- Aaron Rice