Elizabeth Taylor Speaks

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 always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.
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 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, 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

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.
Elizabeth Taylor

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.
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

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

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