“I believe that we’re as happy in life as we make up our minds to be.”

I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

Whether we’re prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us.

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.

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.

Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don’t rush; otherwise you’ll look like a patchwork quilt.

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.

Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place.

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

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

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

A man who correctly guesses a woman`s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright.

I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no one really gave a damn if I was shy or not, and I got over my shyness.

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

I’m not funny. What I am is brave.

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

Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe.

Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe.

Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything.

I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt.

By simple common sense I don’t believe in God, in none.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.