Lucille Ball Quotes "Life's a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" -Lucille Ball (As Mame) "Knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste." -Lucille Ball "The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." -Lucille Ball "The more you do, the more you can do... and don't you forget it! -Lucille Ball "I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not." -Lucille Ball "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." -Lucille Ball "You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." -Lucille Ball "A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright." -Lucille Ball "Love yourself first, and everything will fall into line." -Lucille Ball "I never thought I was funny. I don't think funny." -Lucille Ball "Women's lib?...It doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts." -Lucille Ball