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Lucille Ball

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Lucille Ball is one of those voices you encounter and immediately want to hear more from. The range of their thinking — from Love to Work — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. 21 of Lucille Ball's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Love, Work, Wisdom, Life, and Funny. One quote that captures their voice: "You see much more of your children once they leave home."

“Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.”

— Lucille Ball

Women

All Quotes by Lucille Ball

“You see much more of your children once they leave home.”

— Lucille Ball

Funny

“In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.”

— Lucille Ball

Good

“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

“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'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.”

— Lucille Ball

Wisdom

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

— Lucille Ball

Love

“I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.”

— Lucille Ball

Love

“Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.”

— Lucille Ball

Life

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”

— Lucille Ball

Age

“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

“How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them.”

— Lucille Ball

Love

“I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.”

— Lucille Ball

Work

“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'm not funny. What I am is brave.”

— Lucille Ball

Funny