Elizabeth Taylor quotes

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

Elizabeth Taylor

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.

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

It's not the having, its the getting.

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

Success is a great deodorant.

Elizabeth Taylor

Everything makes me nervous, except making films.

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

In my estimation he is the true King of Rock Pop and Soul.

Elizabeth Taylor

Marriage is a great institution.

Elizabeth Taylor

My body's a real mess. If you look at it in the mirror, it's just completely convex and concave. I've become one of those poor little women who's bent sideways. My X-rays are hysterical. The bone doctors just throw up their hands and say, 'Sorry, there's nothing we can do!' Which is so cheery.

Elizabeth Taylor

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.

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

Richard is a very sexy man. He's got that sort of jungle essence that one can sense.

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.

Elizabeth Taylor

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.

Elizabeth Taylor

I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

If it is not to make the world better what is money for?

Elizabeth Taylor

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.

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

I'm not worried about dying. I consult with God, my maker. And I don't have a lot of problems to work out. I'm pretty squared anyway.

Elizabeth Taylor

It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.

Elizabeth Taylor

Big girls need big diamonds.

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

Elizabeth Taylor

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.

Elizabeth Taylor

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

Elizabeth Taylor

I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.

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

Elizabeth Taylor

I haven't read any of the autobiographies about me.

Elizabeth Taylor