Desi Quotes & Sayings

I didn't know anything about acting, much less about acting in a comedy. — Desi Arnaz

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. — Desi Arnaz

Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes. — Desi Arnaz

Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived. — Desi Arnaz

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

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts. — Desi Arnaz

Thursday, the-night-of-the-date, comes and goes, leaving a school bus tire track across Desi's heart, fear abrading her mind until she can think of nothing except what the future will be like if something develops between her dad and Libby. — Sara Stark

You see, i f you have t rue photographic vision, you have clar i ty and i f you have
clarity, you don't need to explain or defend your images.
Clar i ty is about what emot ions or feel ings the image is t rying to evoke, not the fact s
behind the image.
Photographic clar i ty is about passion of purpose. I t 's about a single-minded desi re
to protect a memory. I t 's about story tel l ing wi th a camera that 's so power ful , no
words are necessary. — Scott Bourne

No one could ever push you to write or become a writer, except yourself. — Desi Puspitasari

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

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

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

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

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

Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously. — Desi Arnaz

In 1934 there were very few Cubans in Miami. — Desi Arnaz

That's why I should drive the bulldozer," Desi said. "Brains, beauty, and pizza. — Nora Olsen

At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy. — Desi Arnaz

The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange. — Desi Arnaz

I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat. — Desi Arnaz

I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally. — Lucille Ball

You'd be my pariah, and I'd love you no matter what, and I'd shield you from everything, Desi said. — Gillian Flynn

An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa. — Desi Arnaz

An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh. — Desi Arnaz

Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do. — Desi Arnaz

The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15. — Desi Arnaz

What a writer needs?
A friend. A friend that'll accompany beside solitude itself. — Desi Puspitasari

LUCY and Desi. Lucy and Ricky. As far as the public knew, the private life of the Arnazes closely resembled that of the Ricardos on the TV screen; a camera crew just dropped by once a week to film a half hour of slapstick and tender kisses. — Warren G. Harris

One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes. — Desi Arnaz

The custom of my grandfather's day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it. — Desi Arnaz

I had never intended to be on the show more than three years, regardless of how successful it was. I had other things I wanted to do. And I was offered a role in 'Red Sky at Morning', [1970]. I got that part because [producer] Hal Wallis had seen the HERE'S LUCY show with Ann-Margaret. It was a thrill for me, getting to do the drama and comedy. It was such a good role. So I missed several episodes of the show to shoot the movie. And I never came back but one. — Desi Arnaz Jr.

Desi, Desi, Desi what am I going to do with you? (Kyrian)
Don't you dare take that flippant tone with me! (Desiderius)
Why ever not? (Kyrian)
Because I am not some scared little Daimon to run cringing from you. I am your worst nightmare. (Desiderius)
Must you resort to cliches? C'mon, Desidisastrous, couldn't you think of anything more original than that B-movie dialogue staple? (Kyrian) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I went to high school with Al Capone. — Desi Arnaz

I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins. — Desi Arnaz

Desi, babe. Still playing your little games, I see. Now why don't you be a good Daimon and show yourself to me? (Kyrian) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

If you don't know what to do, don't do anything. — Desi Arnaz

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls. — Desi Arnaz

So all you desi boys and girls, dark skin or not, you are beautiful just the way you are. No need to change your skin to be fair and white. And no need to adapt to one's culture to fit in. If you feel uncomfortable to do what other people are doing, then don't do it! — Simi Sunny

I'll be interested to hear what the swine has to say for himself, he says. Desi rarely says jackfuck or shitbag; he says swine, which sounds more poisonous on his lips. — Gillian Flynn

I was the only male of the Arnaz family in my generation. — Desi Arnaz

I received my Greetings from Uncle Sam in May 1943. I applied for the Air Force. — Desi Arnaz

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

One of the things I want to do with 'Desi Rascals' is go a bit deeper into the characters and their family lives and have a bit more heart and a bit more inter-generational story-telling, so it's not all about young people. — Gurinder Chadha

I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife. — Desi Arnaz

I'm going back to bed," Grandma said when Mooner and Dougie left. "This doesn't look too interesting. I liked it better the other night when you were on the floor with the bounty hunter."
Morelli gave me the same kind of look Desi always gave Lucy when she'd just done something incredibly stupid.
"It's a long story," I said.
"I bet. — Janet Evanovich

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

The straw hat is the typical hat Cubans use. It's cool and keeps the sun away from your face. — Desi Arnaz

Lucy is such a perfectionist. — Desi Arnaz

No one could ever argue with me about people in show business being kind of nice. — Desi Arnaz

Desi has loved me ever since the lie, I know he pictures making love to me, how gentle and reassuring he would be as he plunged into me, stroking my hair. I know he pictures me crying softly as I give myself to him. — Gillian Flynn

It was easy for viewers to identify with our show. The characters were believable. — Desi Arnaz

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. — Lucille Ball

Real intellectuals like to escape once in a while from their world of intellect. — Desi Arnaz

I love music, and can dance on the desi beats. Punjabi music is my favourite. I listen to artists like Honey Singh. I love his music. I also love watching Bollywood films. — Vijender Singh

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any. — Desi Arnaz

Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it. — Desi Arnaz

Kylee laughed. "Nothing with you is normal. But speaking of abnormal, I saw this movie where these two girls liked the same boy, and one girl was a werewolf, and the other was a dragon, although she didn't know it yet, and it turned out the boy was a killer of, like, magical creatures, so both girls died and he took the head cheerleader to prom."
"That sounds like a stupid movie," I said.
"It actually was. But the boy had this shirt off a lot. I guess hunting magical creatures is great for stomach muscles. — Lindsey Leavitt

Best series ever so far. - Desi — Scarlett Avery

I recently watched that Lucie Arnaz-produced documentary [Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, 1992] about her parents [Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz], and I saw so much of my own childhood there. — Ben Stiller

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

By the time I finish with the two of you, you will be begging me to let you die. (Desiderius) Desi dearest, I have never begged a day in my life, and the sun will surely splinter before I ever plead for anything from the likes of you. (Kyrian) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I kill my loneliness by reading and (then) writing, damn. — Desi Puspitasari

A bead of cold sweat dangled on my fingertip before dripping onto the doorbell. What if I got electrocuted from my wet fingers? I would die literally inches from my first high school party. And everyone would be like, oh, poor thing was so nervous, what a tragedy. Death by sweat. — Lindsey Leavitt

About once every six months someone notifies me that Lucy and Desi Arnaz are separating. — Hedda Hopper

Fiction is a great combination between experience and imagination. — Desi Puspitasari

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

I really hope you like this," he says again, and flings open the door.
It's a glass room, a greenhouse, I realize. Within are tulips, hundreds, of all colors. Tulips bloom in the middle of July in Desi's lake house. In their own special room for a very special girl.
"I know tulips are your favorite, but the season is so short," Desi said. "So I fixed that for you. They'll bloom year-round. — Gillian Flynn

Mother came to New York to keep house for me. — Desi Arnaz

I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star. — Desi Arnaz

When you give yourself to me, completely, I will bite you. Until then, my love, I will only nibble on you."~Cole — Tina Carreiro

Even though I'm an ordinary writer, I too, have trouble when it come to writing along the way. But at least I manage to self-publish my book with no errors (hopefully). Just check out Agatha Christie, an author who also has a learning disability. She managed to be succesful. And I hope that I would be successful as her and Abishek Bachan. — Simi Sunny

I was thinking: to write and being a writer are two kind of diferrences things.
To write is a please.
Being a writer is about taking it as a job, as a consequency, as a responsibility. And being a writer is about ENDLESSLY passion.
If you don't like it, just don't do it.
If you can't do it, just take it as a please. — Desi Puspitasari

Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. — Desi Arnaz

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