A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright.
—Lucille Ball
I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that’s good taste.
—Lucille Ball
Topics: Knowledge, Ability, Self-Knowledge, Intelligence
If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.
—Lucille Ball
Topics: Give, Busy, Effort
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 and what isn’t.
—Lucille Ball
Topics: Opportunity, Work, Luck
You see much more of your children once they leave home.
—Lucille Ball
Topics: Children
I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.
—Lucille Ball
Topics: Love
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
—Lucille Ball
Topics: Self-Esteem
I’m not funny. What I am is brave.
—Lucille Ball
Topics: Courage
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
Topics: Optimism
I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.
—Lucille Ball
Topics: Audiences
I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
—Lucille Ball
Topics: Regret
One of the things I learned the hard way was it does not pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
—Lucille Ball
Topics: Failure
I’d rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven’t.
—Lucille Ball
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
—Lucille Ball
It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.
—Lucille Ball
Topics: Self-Discovery
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