Quotes by Elizabeth Taylor

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Life

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Friendship

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

Big girls need big diamonds.

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

Success is a great deodorant.

— Elizabeth Taylor

Success

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Courage

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

Wisdom

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

Wisdom