Lucille Ball Quotes

Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

It wasn't love at first sight. It took a full five minutes.

Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

Whether we're prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us.

I dyed my hair this crazy red to bid for attention. It has become a trademark, and I've got to keep it this way.

I don't think you should write a book until you tell the absolute truth. You can't do that until you're 85, and I don't want to live that long. I've always prided myself on knowing when to get off, and I hope it works out that way.

I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.

My ideal of womanhood has always been the pioneer woman who fought and worked at her husband's side. She bore the children, kept the home fires burning; she was the hub of the family, the
planner and the dreamer.

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work - and realizing what opportunity is and what isn't.

I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

I don't know how to tell a joke. I never tell jokes. I can tell stories that happened to me ... anecdotes. But never a joke.

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.

You won't be happy, whatever you do, unless you're comfortable with your own conscience. Keep your head up, keep your shoulders back, keep your self-respect, be nice, be smart. And remember that there are practically no "overnight" successes.

Some of the most gifted people I've ever met or read about are homosexual. How can you knock it?

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

I never thought I was funny. I don't THINK funny.

A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright.

I'm sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn't think Desilu Productions would grow so big. We merely wanted to be together and have two children.

I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally.

I've seen 'Mork & Mindy' a couple times. Robin Williams amazes me. And I love Gary Coleman. He puts me away. He puts everybody away.

TV started for me just as a means of keeping my husband Desi off the road. He'd been on tour with his band since he got out of the Army, and we were in our 11th year of marriage and wanted to have children.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

Responsibility is the ability to respond.

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do. Lucille Ball

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I would rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not

I'd rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

Television is the quickest form of recognition in the world.

Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

Remember to recognize the small successes that you will have. Don't let the brightness of that big goal blind you to what happens on the way toward the goal. Meet one wave at a time and enjoy what progress you make. I want you please not to be taken up in the undertow of pessimism.

Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.

I wanted to get out of the pictures and stay home so that I could have children.

I feel sorry for young people today who feel so alone that they have to mate with their first crush. It shocks me that so many young brides are pregnant at the alter. When you have kids late in life, you appreciate them more. They keep you young, and you see the world through better eyes. You can give your children a finer sense of values, too, because if you're lucky, you own values have improved with time.

You see much more of your children once they leave home.

The more things you do, the more you can do.

You spell Bob Hope C-L-A-S-S.

How to do half-hour comedy innovatively is something I do pride myself on. We invented it with 'I Love Lucy.'

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others' opinions of me, I became more confident and free.

I'm not sure that I want to be without some lack of confidence. If you are too sure of yourself, you don't grow. You may feel confident in some things, but other fields come up as a challenge. And if you don't anticipate trouble, you will be in trouble.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.

I believe that we're as happy in life as we make up our minds to be.