Desi Arnaz

It's really amazing that two people from such different backgrounds and geographical origins ever got together. That was perhaps part of the…

— Desi Arnaz

When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against…

— Desi Arnaz

An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.

— Desi Arnaz

I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins.

— Desi Arnaz

I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife.

— Desi Arnaz

I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.

— Desi Arnaz

The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have…

— Desi Arnaz

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

— Desi Arnaz

Real intellectuals like to escape once in a while from their world of intellect.

— Desi Arnaz

Lucy is such a perfectionist.

— Desi Arnaz

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.

— Desi Arnaz

Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.

— Desi Arnaz

The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15.

— Desi Arnaz

I had started calling her Lucy shortly after we met; I didn't like the name Lucille. That's how our television show was…

— Desi Arnaz

I received my Greetings from Uncle Sam in May 1943. I applied for the Air Force.

— Desi Arnaz

If you don't know what to do, don't do anything.

— Desi Arnaz

An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.

— Desi Arnaz

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

— Desi Arnaz

Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously.

— Desi Arnaz

Mother came to New York to keep house for me.

— Desi Arnaz

Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.

— Desi Arnaz

One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.

— Desi Arnaz

The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.

— Desi Arnaz

Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.

— Desi Arnaz

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

— Desi Arnaz