Elizabeth Taylor Quotes

I don't have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit

Big girls need big diamonds.

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

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.

Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Success is a great deodorant.

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

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.

Money is the best deodorant.

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

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

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

You can't cry on a diamond's shoulder, and diamonds won't keep you warm at night, but they're sure fun when the sun shines.

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

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.

I left home as soon as I could, when I was 18. I thought I was in love and got married - the press called it Prince Charming and Cinderella. He was a Hilton so I was the poor little Cinderella. And when I got a divorce nine months later I never told the court why, but he was cruel.

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

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

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

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.

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.

You can't choose between right and wrong by taking a census.

I never face the day without perfume.

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

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.

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

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

Now is the time for guts and guile.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

I wear perfume even when I’m alone

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

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

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

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

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

How can money be the root of all evil when shopping is the cure for all sadness?

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