Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.
- Desi Arnaz
Business, About, Whole, Terrible Thing
When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us.
- Desi Arnaz
Country, Over, Weeks, Two Weeks
Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.
- Desi Arnaz
Good, Road, Pitfalls, Lined
Motion-picture studio floors used to be all wooden and not smooth at all. This was difficult when moving a camera around on a dolly.
- Desi Arnaz
Difficult, Used, Studio, Wooden
A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.
- Desi Arnaz
Audience, Line, Smallest, Prop
Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.
- Desi Arnaz
Needs, Drinking, Your, Pressures
I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.
- Desi Arnaz
Father, Survival, Learned, Observing
One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.
- Desi Arnaz
Comedy, Some, Biggest, Jokes
An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.
- Desi Arnaz
Important, Never, Big, Dub
Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.
- Desi Arnaz
Career, Doing, Everyone, Accent
My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America.
- Desi Arnaz
Goes, Pretty, Maybe, Latin America
Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.
- Desi Arnaz
Mistakes, Nobody, Make, Bats
At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.
- Desi Arnaz
Doing, Comedy, Mild, Criticized
I went to high school with Al Capone.
- Desi Arnaz
School, High, Al, None
I had started calling her Lucy shortly after we met; I didn't like the name Lucille. That's how our television show was called I Love Lucy, not Lucille.
- Desi Arnaz
Love, Like, I Love Lucy, Lucy
The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have it happen at all.
- Desi Arnaz
Love, Happen, I Love Lucy, Lucy
Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously.
- Desi Arnaz
Love, Fight, Would, Lucy
Lucy is such a perfectionist.
- Desi Arnaz
Perfectionist, Lucy
Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.
- Desi Arnaz
Lived, Entertainers, Ever, Al
An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.
- Desi Arnaz
Drama, Actor, Very, Vice Versa
American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.
- Desi Arnaz
Country, One Of The Things, American People
Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.
- Desi Arnaz
Joe, McCarthy, His, Senate
The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.
- Desi Arnaz
Sometimes, Things, Does, Army
The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15.
- Desi Arnaz
Small, New, I Remember, Bag
I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.
- Desi Arnaz
Think, Star, Tell, Anyone
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