More Quotes by Lucille Ball
You see much more of your children once they leave home.
Here's what I advise any young struggling actress today: The important thing is to develop as a woman first, and a performer second. You wouldn't prostitute yourself to get a part, not if you're in the right mind. You won't be happy, whatever you do, unless you're comfortable with your own conscience.
The more things you do, the more things you can do.
Some of the most gifted people I've ever met or read about are homosexual. How can you knock it?
Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place.
If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.
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.
Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.
