I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally. -Lucille Ball Failure
I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. -Lucille Ball Religion
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 Faith
I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off. -Lucille Ball Business
TV started for me just as a means of keeping my husband Desi off the road. He'd been on tour with his band since he got out of the Army, and we were in our 11th year of marriage and wanted to have children. -Lucille Ball Marriage
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 Work
Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts. -Lucille Ball Women
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 Learning
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. -Lucille Ball Age
