Quotes By Elizabeth Taylor

I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.

So much to do, so little done, such things to be.

I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

Marriage is a great institution.

When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow.

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

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 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.

You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.

It's not the having, it's the getting.

I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?

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.

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 haven't read any of the autobiographies about me.

Success is a great deodorant.

I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.

People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.

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 think I'm finally growing up - and about time.

I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.

I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.

Big girls need big diamonds.

I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.