Phyllis Diller, an actress and comedian best known for her rapid-fire wit and stand-up comedy act, died Monday at the age of 95.
As a two-time divorcee, Diller had plenty to say about love, marriage and divorce. Her first husband, Sherwood Anderson Diller, reportedly managed her career until the couple's 26-year-year marriage fell apart in 1965. She later married, divorced, remarried and re-divorced entertainer Ward Donovan.
To honor the comedian, we've gathered five of her best quips on love and all of its complications. Click through the slideshow below to read them.
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<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Cz5S1J-NADsC&pg=PT84&lpg=PT84&dq="Remarrying+a+husband+you've+divorced+is+like+having+your+appendix+put+back+in."&source=bl&ots=RWwKdpA7K8&sig=ajnX7yWk4yBfhuarqylGXq5-M0E&sa=X&ei=1K4yUJutOafoiwKlhIHIBQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q="Remarrying a husband you've divorced is like having your appendix put back in."&f=false" target="_hplink"><strong>"Remarrying a husband you've divorced is like having your appendix put back in." </strong></a>
<strong><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/phyllisdil158922.html" target="_hplink">"Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age -- as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight."</a></strong>
<a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/phyllisdil104018.html" target="_hplink"><strong>"Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight." </strong></a>
<strong><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=PeMCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=phyllis+diller+divorce&source=bl&ots=_f1H3BuEUk&sig=jGGrYsbne_Zs05q5bSVZK23ix3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e5wyUI22AoqZiQLozoCIBA&ved=0CDoQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=phyllis diller divorce&f=false" target="_hplink">"We have a great settlement. I got the house and I gave him the gate."</a></strong>
Interviewer: Is marriage out for you now?
<strong><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3i8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq="I+wouldn't+say+that.+I've+been+single+for+six+years"&source=bl&ots=DRhRI0Ddz_&sig=COie3hi91EqXJjtSYJMvklCUSfY&sa=X&ei=l5oyUIebGeOYiQKX2YG4Aw&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q="I wouldn't say that. I've been single for six years"&f=false" target="_hplink">"I wouldn't say that, I've been single for six years -- divorced, I didn't kill anyone. And as they say, practice makes perfect. "</a></strong>
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Posted: 08/20/2012 7:43 pm Updated: 08/20/2012 7:43 pm