Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Elizabeth Taylor Quotes

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.

Elizabeth Taylor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: english
Birth: February 27, 1932 - March 23, 2011

Topics

Me Picture Someone Enough Down Dumb

There are two kinds of people in the entertainment industry: Those that close deals and those that don't.

People Entertainment Two Industry

I just don't like to dwell on stuff.

Dwell Just Like Stuff

I write and film history; I don't make it. One can be a good critic and a moral observer, but one remains professionally detached as a writer and a filmmaker.

Jean-Luc Godard

Good History Moral Write Critic

When I was in Cambridge reading mathematics, I went to Amsterdam for the International Mathematics Congress. There I saw M.C. Escher's fascinating work. That inspired me to try my hand at drawing such impossibilities.

Work Mathematics Me Reading Drawing

Our bassist, Tim Staffell, was at art college with Frederick Bulsara, who changed his name to Freddie Mercury and joined the band on vocals after Tim left in 1970.

Art College Name Band Left Changed

When results aren't good the manager gets the sack, that's the game.

Good Game Results Manager Sack Gets

I've only had success when I'm not trying to. It's that weird thing where if you're trying to impress a girl, you're not going to impress her. But if you aren't trying to impress a girl, you'll probably impress her because you're not trying.

Success Girl Weird Trying You Going

I used to be a dusty little child.

Child Little Used Dusty Little Child

But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change the view about who can run big companies.

Christie Hefner

Change Women Business Age People

Of course we'd rather not see Picasso teacups and sheets.

See Sheets Course Rather Picasso

Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.

William Gilmore Simms

Blame Criticism Award True Praise

I was always attracted to science fiction movies.

Science Movies Science Fiction Always

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Elizabeth Taylor