Quotes from Elizabeth Taylor


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


I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.


I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.


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


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


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 haven't read any of the autobiographies about me.


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


Everything makes me nervous - except making films.


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.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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