--- title: "Best Lucille Ball Quotes" description: "Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, actress, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020 as one of the most influentia..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lucille-ball-61749.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lucille-ball-61749.jpg) # Lucille Ball (1911–1989) Television Actor United States **61** quotes in **276** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Lucille Ball was a television actor from the United States, best known for *Love, Lucy*. ## Quick Facts About Lucille Ball Born August 6, 1911 Died April 26, 1989 Nationality United States Profession Television Actor Notable works Love, Lucy Spouse Gary Morton ## About Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, actress, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for her work in all four of these areas. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She earned many honors, including the Women in Film Crystal Award, an induction into the Television Hall of Fame, a Kennedy Center Honor, and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Additionally, she posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George H. W. Bush in 1989. ## Awards & Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Kennedy Center Honors National Women's Hall of Fame Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Los Angeles Times Women of the Year Silver Cup Crystal Award ## Quotes by Lucille Ball · Page 2 > [I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/i-am-a-real-ham-i-love-an-audience-i-work-better-with-an-audience-i/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/lucille-ball-11113_audience_i-am-a-real-ham-i-love-an-audience-i-wor_2282185.png) > [I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/i-regret-the-passing-of-the-studio-system-i-was-very-appreciative-of/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Appreciative](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appreciative/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/lucille-ball-11113_appreciative_i-regret-the-passing-of-the-studio-syste_1021504.png) > [The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/the-secret-to-staying-young-is-to-live-honestly-eat-slowly-and-lie/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/lucille-ball-11113_age_the-secret-to-staying-young-is-to-live-h_222302.png) > [“Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous red head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/once-in-his-life-every-man-is-entitled-to-fall-madly-in-love-with-a/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2b/lucille-ball-11113_every-man_once-in-his-life-every-man-is-entitled-t_1332448.png) > [I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/i-have-an-everyday-religion-that-works-for-me-love-yourself-first-and/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Everyday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/everyday/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/lucille-ball-11113_everyday_i-have-an-everyday-religion-that-works-f_2370309.png) > [I believe that we're as happy in life as we make up our minds to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/i-believe-that-we-re-as-happy-in-life-as-we-make-up-our-minds-to-be/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/lucille-ball-11113_believe_i-believe-that-we-re-as-happy-in-life-as_3047147.png) > [Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/women-s-lib-oh-i-m-afraid-it-doesn-t-interest-me-one-bit-i-ve-been-so/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/lucille-ball-11113_afraid_women-s-lib-oh-i-m-afraid-it-doesn-t-int_2591349.png) > [“It doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optismism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/it-doesn-t-pay-to-get-discouraged-keeping-busy-and-making-optismism-a/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/lucille-ball-11113_discouraged_it-doesn-t-pay-to-get-discouraged-keepin_3216758.png) > [I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/i-hate-failure-and-that-divorce-was-a-number-one-failure-in-my-eyes/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Divorce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/divorce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/lucille-ball-11113_divorce_i-hate-failure-and-that-divorce-was-a-nu_3044477.png) > [I'm sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn't think Desilu Productions would grow so big. We merely wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/i-m-sometimes-scared-of-everything-that-has-happened-to-us-we-didn-t/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/lucille-ball-11113_bigs_i-m-sometimes-scared-of-everything-that_1259589.png) > [My ideal of womanhood has always been the pioneer woman who fought and worked at her husband's side. She bore the children,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/my-ideal-of-womanhood-has-always-been-the-pioneer-woman-who-fought/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/lucille-ball-11113_bores_my-ideal-of-womanhood-has-always-been-th_1206383.png) > [I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/i-will-never-do-another-tv-series-it-couldn-t-top-i-love-lucy-and-i-d/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/lucille-ball-11113_business_i-will-never-do-another-tv-series-it-cou_1665087.png) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/luck-i-don-t-know-anything-about-luck-i-ve-never-banked-on-it-and-i-m/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Luck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/luck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/lucille-ball-11113_luck_luck-i-don-t-know-anything-about-luck-i_1842097.png) > [When you're too mad and too rattled to see straight, you're bound to make mistakes. You can't go on and on for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/when-you-re-too-mad-and-too-rattled-to-see-straight-you-re-bound-to/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bounds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/lucille-ball-11113_bounds_when-you-re-too-mad-and-too-rattled-to-s_458289.png) > [Some of the most gifted people I've ever met or read about are homosexual. How can you knock it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/some-of-the-most-gifted-people-i-ve-ever-met-or-read-about-are/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/lucille-ball-11113_gifted_some-of-the-most-gifted-people-i-ve-ever_1448141.png) > [I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/i-m-happy-that-i-have-brought-laughter-because-i-have-been-shown-by/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/lucille-ball-11113_comedy_i-m-happy-that-i-have-brought-laughter-b_3141956.png) > [People either have comedy or they don't. You can't teach it to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/people-either-have-comedy-or-they-don-t-you-can-t-teach-it-to-them/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/lucille-ball-11113_comedy_people-either-have-comedy-or-they-don-t_1790346.png) > [“I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven't.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/i-d-rather-regret-the-things-i-have-done-than-the-things-that-i-haven/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Haven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/haven/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9e/lucille-ball-11113_haven_i-d-rather-regret-the-things-i-have-done_58714.png) > [I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/i-would-rather-regret-the-things-that-i-have-done-than-the-things/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Confidence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confidence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/lucille-ball-11113_confidence_i-would-rather-regret-the-things-that-i_2691.png) > [Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/luck-luck-is-hard-work-and-realizing-what-is-opportunity-and-what-isn/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Best of luck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-of-luck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/lucille-ball-11113_best-of-luck_luck-luck-is-hard-work-and-realizing-wha_669964.png) > [How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucille-ball/how-i-love-lucy-was-born-we-decided-that-instead-of-divorce-lawyers/) [Lucille Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/lucille-ball-11113_born_how-i-love-lucy-was-born-we-decided-that_531177.png) ## Lucille Ball by topic [Life (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/lucille-ball/) [Love (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/lucille-ball/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucille-ball/#itemlist", "name": "Lucille Ball Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. 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