Lucille Ball

"I want my ashes scattered in Bloomingdale's, so my daughter will visit me."

"Never do a love scene in the morning; you look like a squid."

"I always love to quote Newton. It made me sound intelligent."

"The key to success in anything is hard work and determination."

"If you want something, you have to work for it."

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

"I have done so many things in my life that I've never done before, so everything is an opportunity to learn."

"Failure is just another word for a learning opportunity."

"The most important thing is to do what makes you happy."

"I refuse to retire while I am able to work at a good pace."

"Whatever I went after, I went after with all my heart."

"Naturalness is the hardest thing in the world to act."

"I wanted to be a serious actress, but the comedy just came out of me."

"The most important things are your friends, family, and your health."

"If you love what you do, you'll be successful."

"I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at you if you did not look at them."

"Think of how many earning years we have gobbled up trying to play it safe and worry about security."

"Things are either funny or they're not funny, and you're either a funny person or you're not."

"The greatest risk is not taking one."

"Desperation is the mother of invention."

"I hate women who say they can eat anything and not get fat. Shut up."

"The difference between a novel and real life is that a novel has to make sense."

"Tell the truth and you won't have to remember anything."

"I don't know anything except that I was born, and that I will die."

"Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one."

"Do it big or stay in bed."

"I have an investment in being successful. The more successful I am, the more successful my business is."

"A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night."

"The comedians I admired were doing something different from what I was attempting."

"I am my Connecticut home. I am not the television one."