Elizabeth Taylor Author Quotes

Remember always to give. That is the thing that will make you grow ... ~ Elizabeth Taylor

When the sun comes up, I have morals again. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

a bronze lustre; pearls were twisted round her wrists ~ Elizabeth Taylor

They Weren't Allowed to Die There. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I never tried to act until A Place in the Sun. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

The public me, the one named Elizabeth Taylor, has become a lot of hokum and fabrication - a bunch of drivel - and I find her slightly revolting. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I find vocabulary to be a great drawback. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

Without homosexuals there'd be no Hollywood. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Looked a lost, pathetic thing, like all old letters; the moment it had matched had gone so long ago. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I loved being admired by Richard. It was the kind of admiration that mattered to me. I felt adored, worshipped. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Julia poured tea gracefully, but it all ran over into the saucers. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I will love Michael Jackson forever. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

There is no deodorant like success. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

The disaster of being old was in not feeling safe to venture anywhere, of seeing freedom put out of reach. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

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

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

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

I fell off my pink cloud with a thud. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

She had about her a strong smell of hair-spray and her lunch-time whisky. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

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

Everything makes me nervous - except making films. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

People are different in different places,' he thought hazily. 'And if they're all right in one place, it's best to leave them there. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Interesting,' he observed, 'what two people can make of the same view. We all see places a bit different to what the next man does. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

Everything was handed to me - looks, fame, wealth, honour, love. I rarely had to fight for anything ~ Elizabeth Taylor

When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship. ~ Sam Taylor-Johnson

I hate being called "Liz", because it can sound like such a hiss. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

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

I wear perfume even when I'm alone ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I'm not like anyone. I'm me. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

She seemed to be lovely still to herself, as if no amount of looking into mirrors could ruin her illusion. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Every breath you take today should be with someone else in mind ... ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

There's no deodorant like success. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Having a facility for language is an important part of being an author. ~ Elizabeth George

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

The rain hit the windows like rice; the fire roared hollowly; the autumn afternoon discoloured into darkness. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

Humility, never me; it is a characteristic I expect to find in other people. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Past and future to him were the realities; the present dull, meaningless, only significant if, as now, going back along the sands, he could say to himself: 'Later on, I shall remember. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

When you're older, you'll appreciate the advantages of sleeping alone. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I want it all quickly 'cause I don't want God to stop and think and wonder if I'm getting more than my share. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

He almost dared to say that her graying mustache gave her a military look, a more distinguished air: his private smile at the thought he had withheld ruffled her as much. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

All I see in the mirror every morning is a face that needs washing. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I've been pronounced dead and I've read my own obituaries. And they were the best reviews I ever read. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

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

I prefer rugby to soccer. I enjoy the violence in rugby, except when they start biting each other's ears off. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

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

A belly laugh increases the ability of your immune system to fight infections. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

John Wayne is as tough as an old nut and as soft as a yellow ribbon. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

I used never to think about them - Mother and Father - I don't think one should have to think about one's parents'. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Many in Hollywood viewed the public persona of the young Debbie Reynolds as demure and vulnerable to be a complete facade. Pianist Oscar Levant once quipped, "She's as wistful as an iron factory." ~ Elizabeth Taylor

You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

Just in case you get pneumonia or die. The dangerous bits are always the last days of shooting. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

If I cared what people thought I probably wouldn't be a fantasy author. ~ Nicholas Taylor

Maggie the cat is alive. I'm alive. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Richard is a very sexy man. He's got that sort of jungle essence that one can sense. (on Richard Burton) ~ Elizabeth Taylor

You're the author on your own life story. ~ Elizabeth Acevedo

I've been married too many times. How terrible to change children's affiliations, their affections - to give them the insecurity of placing their trust in someone when maybe that someone won't be there next year. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Clark Gable was the epitome of the movie star - so romantic, such bearing, such friendliness. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I've always sung in the shower. Now I make the stage a mental shower in order not to get too uptight and enjoy it. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

People want things to be complicated, but they have to love themselves first and then each other and then it will seed everywhere ~ Elizabeth Taylor-Wey

I gave a very dear friend of mine my humanitarian award. Because you don't need an award to be, or not be, a humanitarian. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I have the emotions of a child in the body of a woman. I was rushed into womanhood for the movies. It caused me long moments of unhappiness and doubt. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

I have a woman's body and a child's emotions. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritannical upbringing and beliefs. I always chose to think I was in love and that love was synonymous with marriage. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I love not being me, not being Elizabeth Taylor, but being Richard Burton's wife. ~ Elizabeth Tayor

There's no summing-up, but a sense of incompleteness. After years of building up each unique personality, in the end there is no moment of putting lines beneath the sum and adding up to see what it all amounts too. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

She has always wanted you as a mate, Owen. ~ Elizabeth Morgan

Taking a chance on a new author, can open your mind to new experiences. ~ Jonathan Taylor

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. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

The day comes in slowly to those who are ill. The night has separated them from the sleepers, who return to them like strangers from a distant land, full of clumsy preparations for the living, the earth itself creaking towards the light. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I don't love acting; I love chocolate. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I've never had an acting lesson. I've never been given techniques. Everything I've done is invented. I just sort of found out [how to do it]. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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! ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

I'm loud and I'm vulgar, and I wear the pants in the house because somebody's got to, but I am not a monster. I'm not. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

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

I have never wanted to be a queen! Cleopatra was a role, and I am an actor, so it was fun to play one, but it's not real. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

When you're fat, the world is divided into two groups - people who bug you and people who leave you alone. The funny thing is, supporters and saboteurs exist in either camp. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Cleopatra: You come before me as a suppliant.
Antony: If you choose to regard me as such.
Cleopatra: You will therefore assume the position of a suppliant before this throne. You will kneel.
Antony: I will *what*?
Cleopatra: On-your-knees!
Antony: You dare ask the Proconsul of the Roman Empire?
Cleopatra: I *asked* it of Julius Caesar. I *demand* it of you ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Please don't let this be a dream. I don't want to wake up, if it is. ~ Elizabeth Morgan

Writers are like onions, layers upon layers upon layers. ~ Luke Taylor

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. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Xas reappeared and showed every sign of winding himself around Sobran permanently, like -Sobran complained - some parasitic vine. ~ Elizabeth Knox