Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
Actress
I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.
It's not the having, it's the getting.
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.
You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.
It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.
Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.
I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.
So much to do, so little done, such things to be.
Success is a great deodorant.
Marriage is a great institution.
Big girls need big diamonds.
I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.
If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.
I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.
I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.
I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.
When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow.
People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.
I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?
Everything makes me nervous - except making films.
I haven't read any of the autobiographies about me.
I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.
I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get.
My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.
I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.
I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.
I think I'm finally growing up - and about time.