Elizabeth Taylor Quotations

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

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

I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.

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

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.

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

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

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

I haven't read any of the autobiographies about me.

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

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

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.

She belongs to a Temperance Society and wears one of those badges in the shape of a bow of ribbon to show that she would never take a drink, not even brandy if she were dying. Of course by temperance they all mean the opposite - total abstinence.

Some guys yells out, 'Why are you here promoting your perfume when your mother is in the hospital dying?' She burst into tears and ran off the stage. He got the reaction he wanted.

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

I have never felt more alive than when I watched my children delight in something, never more alive than when I have watched a great artist perform, and never richer than when I have scored a big check to fight AIDS.

Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.

All of my life I've spent a lot of time with gay men - Montgomery Clift, Jimmy Dean, Rock Hudson - who are my colleagues, coworkers, confidantes, my closest friends, but I never thought of who they slept with! They were just the people I loved. I could never understand why they couldn't be afforded the same rights and protections as all of the rest of us. There is no gay agenda, it's a human agenda

When I hear the name Michael Jackson, I think of brilliance, of dazzling stars, lasers and deep emotions. I think he is one of the world's biggest and greatest stars, and it just so happens that he is one of the most gifted music makers the world has ever known. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock, and Soul. I love you Michael.

So much is said with the electricity of the eyes, the intensity of a whisper. Less is more.

On Michael Jackson and child stardom: He had one of the worst childhoods ever. I think I had the second.

Michael Jackson is one of the most normal people I know.

Michael Jackson is part of my heart. We would do anything for each other.

I know I'm vulgar, but would you have me any other way?

You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That's how I've done it. There's no other way.

I'm not like anyone. I'm me.

I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being - to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame.

Follow your passions, follow your heart, and the things you need will come.

Being able to go on location and see the world was the greatest perk of all.

Money is the best deodorant.

The public library is more than a repository of books. It's a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.

I'm not afraid. Life is just such an adventure to me.

I was born with scoliosis. I have a double curvature of the spine, and it's forced me to use a wheelchair because the disease has really taken hold. It really saddens me that I can't ride.

What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a megastar? Michael Jackson -- that's all. And when you think you know him, he gives you more. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock and Soul.

The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else's.

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

Give. Remember always to give. That is the one thing that will make you grow.

I'm loud and I'm vulgar, and I wear the pants in the house because somebody's got to, but I am not a monster. I'm not.

The things that are important to me - being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist - are all things that were borne out of great passion.

My favorite name for a color is "puce." It's kind of a dried blood color. It's a hideous color. But I love the word. It's so euphonic. But my favorite colors are lavender, purple, periwinkle blue, and white.

I will love Michael Jackson forever.

It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.

I use my fame now when I want to help a cause or other people.

I just loved the feeling of flying. I could jump six feet bareback and it was the closest thing to being Pegasus and flying next to God. It's the most liberating freedom-making feeling in the world.

There has never been such a silence.

Fragrance is an incredibly intimate thing. It can evoke very specific thoughts or memories and is a little different for each person who wears it. I also think it's the most accessible luxury.

I was so strictly brought up that the only time I could get away would be on my own pony. I could ride wherever I wanted on my godfather's estate in Kent.I wasn't brought up to be afraid of anything.

You are who you are. All you can do in this world is help others to be who they are and better themselves.

I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.

I prefer rugby to soccer. I enjoy the violence in rugby, except when they start biting each other's ears off.

Success is a great deodorant.

Now is the time for guts and guile,

A strong film director does leave you to your devices. A strong director allows you to be free and you trust that he's there and he will tell you if you've gone too far. A strong director allows you to be much more experimental and take greater chances than a director who isn't secure within himself.

I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritannical upbringing and beliefs. I always chose to think I was in love and that love was synonymous with marriage.

I hate to try to be that person in my own skin, in my own way, in my own head, not through exercises or anything else, just by, I guess, belief, concentration.

You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself

I gave a very dear friend of mine my humanitarian award. Because you don't need an award to be, or not be, a humanitarian.

Big girls need big diamonds.

I never face the day without perfume.

I've never thought of my jewelry as trophies. I'm here to take care of it and to love it, for we are only temporary custodians of beauty.

I, along with the critics, have never taken myself very seriously

If it is not to make the world better what is money for?

If you can't laugh at yourself, you're cooked!

Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under any goddamn table you want, so don't worry about me.

I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I'm me. God knows, I'm me.

I love to be casual and comfortable, but I also love the easy glamour of wearing jewelry all the time.

No matter what happens, I'm loud, noisy, earthy and ready for much more living.

Any home where there is love constitutes a family and all families should have the same legal rights, including the right to marry and have or adopt children. Why shouldn't gay people be able to live as open and freely as everybody else?

I'm just an instinctive actress, I've never had a lesson in my life.

The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.

There's no deodorant like success.

I've come through things that would have felled an ox. That fills me with optimism, not just for myself but for our particular species.

I hate being called "Liz", because it can sound like such a hiss.

I had a hollow leg. I could drink everyone under the table and not get drunk. My capacity was terrifying.

Maggie the cat is alive. I'm alive.

Marriage is a great institution.

What do you expect me to do? Sleep alone?

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

Everything was handed to me - looks, fame, wealth, honour, love. I rarely had to fight for anything

Thanks Darling for the beautiful flowers and all the prayers. Now can you just get my puppy past security?

I mean, how many young women get a set of rubies just for doing something wholesome like swimming laps? Or win a diamond ring at ping pong with their husband? Well, I did, and for all of these memories and the people in my life I feel blessed.

Humility, never me; it is a characteristic I expect to find in other people.

Originally, we were going to set up a cappuccino bar in the showroom, but we've been so busy, ... We decided when we're old and grey, we're going to set up a coffee shop, and we formed the company about 18 months ago when we thought of the name. It's going to be TLC - Tastes Like Chocolate.

Many in Hollywood viewed the public persona of the young Debbie Reynolds as demure and vulnerable to be a complete facade. Pianist Oscar Levant once quipped, "She's as wistful as an iron factory."

I want it all quickly 'cause I don't want God to stop and think and wonder if I'm getting more than my share.

Why shouldn't gay people be allowed to be able to marry? Those against gay marriages say marriage should only be between a man and a woman. God, I of all people know that doesn't always work!