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14 Awesome Quotes By Elizabeth Taylor That Display Her Timeless Wit And Sass

Famous As: One of the Best Actresses of Classic Hollywood Cinema
Born On: February 27, 1932
Died On: March 23, 2011
Born In: Hampstead, London, England
Died At Age: 79

Elizabeth Taylor was one of the greatest actresses to have ever graced Hollywood. She was also pretty well known for her quick wit. Taylor had been an actor right from the time she was a child and debuted in the 1942 film ‘There’s One Born Every Minute’ when she was around 10 years old. Later on, she became one of Hollywood’s most sought after leading ladies and starred in plenty of movies throughout the 1950s. In addition to her obvious talent as an actress, Taylor has also become a bit of an icon for her personal life due to the string of affairs and the 7 marriages. In fact, she married and divorced fellow Hollywood icon Richard Burton twice and her outspoken views about women’s issues, marital life and society have become legendary all across the world. Her thoughts and saying have inspired the women all over the world. Here is a collection of some famous quotes by Elizabeth Taylor on love, beauty, life, marriage and other things.

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

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

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

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

Elizabeth Taylor
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 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

Elizabeth Taylor
Now is the time for guts and guile

Now is the time for guts and guile

Elizabeth Taylor
You might as well live

You might as well live

Elizabeth Taylor
The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.

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

Elizabeth Taylor
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure there going to have some pretty annoying virtues

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure there going to have some pretty annoying virtues

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

When the sun comes up, I have morals again.

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

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

Elizabeth Taylor
I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

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

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

Elizabeth Taylor
Since I was a little girl, I believed I was a child of destiny, and if that is true, Richard Burton was surely my fate.

Since I was a little girl, I believed I was a child of destiny, and if that is true, Richard Burton was surely my fate.

Elizabeth Taylor
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we report to work.

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we report to work.

Elizabeth Taylor
People are sorry for brides who lose their husbands early, from some accident, or war. And they should be sorry, Mrs Palfrey thought. But the other thing is worse.

People are sorry for brides who lose their husbands early, from some accident, or war. And they should be sorry, Mrs Palfrey thought. But the other thing is worse.

Elizabeth Taylor