Desi Arnaz Quotes & Sayings

27 most famous Desi Arnaz quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a Cuban actor who passed away on 2 December, 1986.

“Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.”

“Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us.”

“Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.”

“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.”