Elizabeth Taylor quotes

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

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

— 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

“Success is a great deodorant.”

— Elizabeth Taylor

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

— 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

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

— 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

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

“Big girls need big diamonds.”

— Elizabeth Taylor

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

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

— 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

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

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

— 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 don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.”

— Elizabeth Taylor

“Everything makes me nervous - except making films.”

— Elizabeth Taylor

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

“I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.”

— Elizabeth Taylor

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

“Marriage is a great institution.”

— Elizabeth Taylor

“I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.”

— 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