When I'm old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.

I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.

Women's liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn't matter who wears the pants - as long as there's money in the pockets.

If I had my life to live over again, I'd live it the same way. Maybe a few changes here or there, but nothing special. The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed my life. I've had a hell of a good time.

It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.

I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.

Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl's values

Elizabeth Taylor is not beautiful, she is pretty—I was beautiful.

What I'd really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.

I don't mind growing old. If I have to go before my time, this is how I'll go-- cigarette in one hand, glass of scotch in the other.

When I lose my temper, honey, you can't find it any place.

If you wish to meet and speak with god, you must first try to tame a wild tiger with a feather and a stick.

But what is unjust? That depends on a person's thoughts, values, and beliefs. People differ sharply on what is just or unjust in this world. Thus, some people become angry much quicker than others.

If you never assume the truth, you'll never be shackled by a lie.

America's over. Get out while you still can.

I'd rather believe in reincarnation than hell. The idea of an afterlife is much so more tolerable when returning is an option.

It is this dependency that became, and is, the breeding ground for abuses of power.

The pathway to your greatest potential is straight through your greatest fears!

The outward is only the outside of that which is within. Men are not concealed under habits, but are revealed by them; they are their true clothes.

Love is the reduction of the universe to the single being, and the expansion of a single being, even to God

In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminated the world.