34 Quotes by Shirley Bassey

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.

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

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

I'd like to run away From you, But if you didn't come And find me ... I would die.

Diamonds never leave you... men do!

I’m not getting old. I’m getting better.

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

When I started singing, I couldn’t be shut up.