Quotes by Elizabeth Taylor

Big girls need big diamonds.
– Elizabeth Taylor
Everything makes me nervous - except making films.
– 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.
– Elizabeth Taylor
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
I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.
– Elizabeth Taylor
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.
– 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
I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.
– 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
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
It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.
– Elizabeth Taylor
It's not the having, it's the getting.
– Elizabeth Taylor
Marriage is a great institution.
– 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 [Burton] 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
Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
– Elizabeth Taylor
Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.
– Elizabeth Taylor
You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.
– 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