It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
— Elizabeth Taylor
Success is a great deodorant.
I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.
I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.
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've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?
I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.
I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.
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 have a woman's body and a child's emotions.
When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow.
You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.
I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.
Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
Marriage is a great institution.
I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.
I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.
Everything makes me nervous - except making films.
So much to do, so little done, such things to be.
I haven't read any of the autobiographies about me.
I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.
I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.
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.
People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.
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 think I'm finally growing up - and about time.
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.
Big girls need big diamonds.
It's not the having, it's the getting.
I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.
