Shirley Bassey Quotes

In truth, it requires not only a large intellect, but a large heart, to judge with becoming charity of the peculiar temptations of riches.

I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business.

You should never say "never."

Diamonds never leave you... men do!

You don't get older, you get better.

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.

No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years.

I'm not getting old. I'm getting better.

I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit.

I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.

I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and I'd jump from one to the other. Without a safety net! I was an incredible tomboy.

You want success and then when you do get it, you don't want it because of the attention.

It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women.

I hate it when people come up to me when I'm eating.

How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!