Elizabeth Taylor Quotes

• "Big girls need big diamonds."
• "Everything makes me nervous - except making films."
• "I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it."
• "I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times."
• "I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife."
• "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 feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them."
• "I fell off my pink cloud with a thud."
• "I have a woman's body and a child's emotions."
• "I haven't read any of the autobiographies about me."
• "I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on."
• "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."
• "I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes."
• "I think I'm finally growing up - and about time."
• "I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive."
• "I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage."
• "I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?"
• "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."
• "It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance."
• "It's not the having, it's the getting."
• "Marriage is a great institution."
• "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."
• "People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz."
• "Richard [Burton] is a very sexy man. He's got that sort of jungle essence that one can sense."
• "So much to do, so little done, such things to be."
• "Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses."
• "Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells."
• "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."
• "You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal."
• "I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive."
• "I haven't read any of the autobiographies about me."
• "I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes."
• "I think I'm finally growing up - and about time"
• "I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage."
• "I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?"
• "[In reference to Michael Jackson] In my estimation he is the true King of Rock Pop and Soul"
• "Marriage is a great institution."