- Lucille Ball: [about her home] There's always one room you live in. Play games in. The plants grow better in.
- Herself - Host: When you and Desi were married you had everything.
- Lucille Ball: We had nothing. He had his own band, and was in a play in New York.
- Herself - Host: [about Lucy's marriage to Desi] And then it fell apart.
- Lucille Ball: That was his problem.
- Herself - Host: They say you're very tough to work for. Are you? Are you a perfectionist?
- Lucille Ball: Perfectionist? I have an attention to detail. That's the way I learned my craft.
- Lucille Ball: hey're trying to make entertainment out of newsreels. What we see in news, which is not very happy these days. To me, that's not entertainment.
- Lucille Ball: [about Desi Arnaz] I married a loser. He could win, win, high stakes. He worked very hard, but he had to lose. Everything he built, he had to break down. He still claims he's the same way.