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Top 35 Desi Arnaz Quotes (2025 Update)

Desi Arnaz Quote: “Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “If you don’t know what to do, don’t do anything.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “It’s really amazing that two people from such different backgrounds and geographical origins ever got together. That was perhaps part of the attraction.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “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 Quote: “An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “No one could ever argue with me about people in show business being kind of nice.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “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 Quote: “In 1934 there were very few Cubans in Miami.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “I don’t think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “Making a television show is not like making Coca-Cola or Bacardi rum. The human element in our business prevents us from finding a successful formula every time.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “When I get in the sun I get very tanned. You can’t tell me from the native fishermen in Hawaii or Mexico.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “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 Quote: “The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “Mother came to New York to keep house for me.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “It was easy for viewers to identify with our show. The characters were believable.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “Real intellectuals like to escape once in a while from their world of intellect.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “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 Quote: “The Spanish and Cuban people have the same kind of wakes the Irish do. They go on for two or three days and drink a lot of booze and eat a lot of food.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “I went to high school with Al Capone.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “I was the only male of the Arnaz family in my generation.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “I received my Greetings from Uncle Sam in May 1943. I applied for the Air Force.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “The straw hat is the typical hat Cubans use. It’s cool and keeps the sun away from your face.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “I didn’t know anything about acting, much less about acting in a comedy.”
Desi Arnaz Quote: “The custom of my grandfather’s day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it.”
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