Ability is of little account without opportunity.
I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.
I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
I'm not funny. What I am is brave.
If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.
If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
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.
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.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.
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.
The more things you do, the more you can do.
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.
You see much more of your children once they leave home.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz founded Desilu Productions, making her one of the few women in history (along with Oprah Winfrey) to own and run her own TV production company.
In the summer of 2005, Lucille Ball was voted America's most beloved deceased star.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz founded Desilu Productions, making her one of the few women in history (along with Oprah Winfrey) to own and run her own TV production company.
When Lucy married Gary Morton 1961, she asked Desi if she could marry him.
Lucy went to audition for a school of the performing arts and was kicked out because she "didn't have any talent" .
For many years, Lucy (born 1911) hid the fact that she was six years older than hubby Desi (born 1917). They split the difference in years and claimed both were born in 1914.
Lucille Ball posthumously received the Women's International Center Living Legacy Award in 1990.
The day after I Love Lucy's final taping, Lucy filed for divorce from Desi Arnaz.
Lucy and Desi Arnaz began I Love Lucy show in 1951 in the hopes of saving their crumbling marriage. It did until their divorce in 1960.
Lucy did not enjoy the nickname "Queen of Comedy" that was given to her.
Lucy is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Jamestown, NY.
Lucy suffered three miscarriages during her marriage to Desi Arnaz.
Lucy was honored by the Kennedy Center in 1986.
When she was a model, Lucy went by the name "Dianne Belmont".
She was once fired from her job at an ice cream store because she kept forgetting to put bananas in banana splits.
Lucy and her son, Desi Arnaz Jr., appeared together on the very first cover of TV Guide magazine in 1953.
Although best known for being a redhead, Lucy was actually born a burnette.
She was going to give actress Barbara Eden a contract with DesiLu had 20th Century Fox not called March 21,1957 the day the episode "Country Club Dance" was being filmed with the news that Barbara would be starring in the syndicated How To Marry A Millionaire.
She wrote her autobiography, Love, Lucy with Betty Hannah Hoffman in about 1966, but it was hidden away and forgotten about. It was discovered and published in 1996.
During the 1933 filming of Roman Scandals, young Lucille Ball, portraying a slave girl, needed to have her eyebrows entirely shaved off. They never grew back.
Lucy and her son Desi Arnaz, Jr. appeared together on the very first cover of TV Guid magazine in 1953.
She was married to Cuban actor/singer Desi Arnaz from November 30, 1940 until May 4, 1960. They had 2 children: Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr.
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