Lucille Ball

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

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

“I don't think you should write a book until you tell the absolute truth. You can't do that until you're 85, and I don't want to live that long. I've always prided myself on knowing when to get off, and I hope it works out that way.”

“I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.”

“It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.”

“I'm not sure that I want to be without some lack of confidence. If you are too sure of yourself, you don't grow. You may feel confident in some things, but other fields come up as a challenge. And if you don't anticipate trouble, you will be in trouble.”

“I've seen 'Mork & Mindy' a couple times. Robin Williams amazes me. And I love Gary Coleman. He puts me away. He puts everybody away.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“I dyed my hair this crazy red to bid for attention. It has become a trademark, and I've got to keep it this way.”

“A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright.”

“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”

“I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.”