Elizabeth Taylor Quotes

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

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

I believe in the difference between men and women. In fact, I embrace the difference.

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

I'm not worried about dying. I consult with God, my maker. And I don't have a lot of problems to work out. I'm pretty squared anyway.

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

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

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

I love going to rock concerts, I love to lose myself in that vast wave of rhythm and body heat and get on the same vibe.

... there is no deodorant like success.

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've always preferred animals to little girls or boys. I had my first horse - actually it was a Newfoundland pony - when I was three, and I loved riding, without anyone shackling me - riding bareback as fast as I could.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 don't have a set pattern. I take things as they come. Usually with a great amount of relish. I just lay back and wait for it to happen. And it usually does.

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

Now is the time for guts and guile.

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

I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.

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

I wear perfume even when I’m alone

Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn't be more real. Some people don't like to look at it in the face because it's painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.

I hate myself on the screen. I want to die ... my voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet.... I'd love to be tall and willowy ... I'm short.

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?

Oh, I love red. I'm very loyal to my colors. I love violet.

Success is a great deodorant.

I don't love acting; I love chocolate.

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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

When I'm not with the one I love, I love the one I'm with.

I will love Michael Jackson forever.

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

I never planned to acquire a lot of jewels or a lot of husbands. For me, life happened, just as it does for anyone else.

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.

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

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