Quotes by Lucille Ball

About Lucille Ball:

Lucille Désirée Ball was an American actress, comedian, model, film studio executive, and TV producer. She was the star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life with Lucy.
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

Lucille Ball

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." — Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

Lucille Ball

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

Lucille Ball

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

Lucille Ball

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

Lucille Ball

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

Lucille Ball

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

Lucille Ball

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.

Lucille Ball

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.

Lucille Ball

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.

Lucille Ball

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.

Lucille Ball

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.

Lucille Ball

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

Lucille Ball

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.

Lucille Ball

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

Lucille Ball

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

Lucille Ball

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

Lucille Ball

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

Lucille Ball

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.

Lucille Ball

Author Bio

  • NameLucille Ball
  • DescriptionAmerican actress and businesswoman
  • AliasesFirst Lady of Television,; Queen of the B Movies,; Lucille Ball Morton; Lucille Désirée Ball; Lucille Ball Arnaz; Diane Belmont; Lucy Ball
  • BornAugust 6, 1911
  • DiedApril 26, 1989
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Singer; Model
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom