Lucille Ball Quotes

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

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

“I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven't.”

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

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

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

“I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.”

“I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do.”

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

“I'm not funny. What I am is brave.”

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

“Remember to recognize the small successes that you will have.”

“I am not funny. My writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situations were funny. What I am is brave. I have never been scared.”

“And now I want you to meet my favourite wife — my favourite redhead — in fact, that's the only thing red about her, and even that's not legitimate.”

“My ability comes from fairness and a knowledge of people. I ran my studio like I run my home, with understanding of people. We touch in our house. I tell my children, "There's so little time.”

“I believe it all the way. I do what I do with all my strength and heart.”

“I am not funny. My writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situations were funny. What I am is brave. I have never been scared. Not when I did movies, certainly not when I was a model and not when I did I Love Lucy.”

“I have to work or I'm nothing.”

“My ability comes from fairness and a knowledge of people. I ran my studio like I run my home, with understanding of people.”

“There's a wonderful energy that comes through. A fire in her belly. As a young kid, a sense of adventure. Like, I want to make some noise.”