Taylor: "I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions."

Taylor: "I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times."

Taylor: "I fell off my pink cloud with a thud."

Taylor: "It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting."

Taylor: "Big girls need big diamonds."

Taylor: "I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage."

Taylor: "If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down."

Taylor: "I have a woman's body and a child's emotions."

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

Taylor: "So much to do, so little done, such things to be."

Taylor: "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."

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

Taylor: "I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?"

Taylor: "I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get."

Taylor: "Marriage is a great institution."

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

Taylor: "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."

Taylor: "You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal."

Taylor: "I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes."