Elizabeth Taylor

“When the sun comes up, I have morals again.”

“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.”

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

“Its best to turn to no one, to seek to please no one, as if there were only oneself in the world. The pleasure of others is a by-product after all, and if ever the whispering voices are allowed to crowd out the one voice, the result is this...a sort of high-pitched silliness, a terrible silliness.”

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

“When people say: She's got everything. I've only one answer: I haven't had tomorrow.”

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

“Now is the time for guts and guile”

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

“You might as well live”

“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.”

“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.”

“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”

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

“It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”

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

“Success is a great deodorant.”

“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.”

“Big girls need big diamonds.”