310 Quotes by Elizabeth Taylor

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

Success is a great deodorant.

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.

To avoid hurting people needs constant vigilance. As one grows older one is less and less equal to the task. There are so many cruelties of omission.

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

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

Departure in the afternoon is depressing to those who are left. The day is so dominated by the one who has gone and, although only half-done, must be got through with that particular shadow lying over it.

If you hate it, if you find you have made a mistake, it will still have been a change. As with a holiday, if it ends in your wishing to come home, its aim is accomplished.

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.