Elizabeth Taylor Quotes

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

You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one for in front of 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.

Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.

Big girls need big diamonds.

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

I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed, too – for being married so often.

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.

Everything makes me nervous, except making films.

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

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

Success is not something I’ve wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that’s true, big-time success. If not, it’s much ado about nothing.

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

I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.

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

If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.

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

I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.

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

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

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

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

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.

Before this whole thing began, I felt that if I lasted longer than Marlene Dietrich had and had a better last close-up than Greta Garbo, I would be very lucky. Now I feel that being skipped over by death and slipping by him is pretty lucky.

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

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

You can’t deny the fact that I belong to the world’s greatest entertainer. When he sings a song, the lyrics are the most important thing to him, and when I make a piece of jewelry or a movie, my heart and soul are in that piece.

The era of accessorizing to the hilt has made many women slaves to fashion.

I think I’m finally growing up – and about time.

Success is a great deodorant.

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

Give it all you’ve got with all your might. Trust yourself to handle whatever comes next.

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

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

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

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 don’t pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

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’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.

In this age of communication, people do not say what they mean… only what they think they can get away with.

You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot in front of 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.

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 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.

You can’t deny the fact that I belong to the world’s greatest entertainer. When he sings a song, the lyrics are the most important thing to him, and when I make a piece of jewelry or a movie, my heart and soul are in that piece.

Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.

I don’t pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

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

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.