"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." "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 is opportunity and what isn't." "Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste." "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 would rather regret the things I have done, rather than the things I have not.” "I'm not funny, what I am is brave." "Some people are men and some people are women - They're made that way so they can dance together." “One key to success is being able to distinguish what is an opportunity from what is not.” “Life's a banquet - and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death - Mame Dennis- played by Lucille Ball in "Mame" in 1974. “God loves stupid people that's why he made so many” "I never thought I was funny, I don't think funny” "I am a ham. I love an audience. I need a audience. I am dead, in fact, without one." "I'd rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not." "Love yourself first and everything falls into place, you really have to love yourself to get anywhere in this world" “The more you do, the more you can do...” “The world doesn't owe you a living. Nothing is more important than being able to stand on your own two feet.” “I didn’t do it, and if I did I didn’t mean to” "I know there's nothing to it, but I want to know what it is there's nothing to!” “A man who correctly guess a woman’s age may be smart, but not very bright.” “It wasn't love at first sight it took five minuntes. ”-Lucille Ball talking about marriage to Desi "I Love Lucy wasn't just a title.” ~ Desi Arnaz "Learn to recognize the things that are important to you, and disregard those that aren't."- "I have more talent in my pinkie finger than most people have in their whole body." "There's always time for laughter" “A sense of humor can get you anywhere." “I'm a real Ham, I love an audience. I need an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one." "Heaven needed a good laugh" -- a sign when Lucille Ball died "Actors and Actresses get up on stage to be loved, this fulfills their need more than anything" "I believe that we're as happy in life as we make up our minds to be” “I'm happy that I brought laughter, because I have been shown by many the value of it...” “Be who you want to be and do what you want to do” " 'I Love Lucy' wasn't just a title" Desi "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, 1989 "Be proud, Lucy, of your legacy . . .The sun never sets on Lucille Ball. All over this worried world tonight, nations of untold millions are watching reruns they also watched the first time around. Joy requires no translation. God wanted the world to laugh, and He invented you. Many are called, but you were chosen. Clown you are not. All of the funny hats, the baggy pants, the mustaches and the wigs, and the pratfalls and the blacked-out-teeth--they didn't fool us for one minute.We saw through all the disguises, and what we found inside is more than we deserve."1984 Sammy Davis Jr. "Love yourself first and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." -Lucille Ball "I'm not funny. What I am is brave." -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 "You see much more of your children once they leave home." -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 is opportunity ans what isn't." -Lucy "I regret te passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent." -Lucy "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 do. In fact, it's good taste." -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 "The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." -Lucille Ball "I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not." -Lucille Ball "A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright." -Lucille Ball "In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by." -Lucille Ball |
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