Elizabeth Taylor

I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.

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

My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.

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

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!

You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That's how I've done it. There's no other way.

It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.

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

I mean, how many young women get a set of rubies just for doing something wholesome like swimming laps? Or win a diamond ring at Ping-Pong with their husband... ? Well, I did, and for all of these memories and the people in my life I feel blessed.