Success is a great deodorant.

Meaning of the quote

The quote suggests that when you are successful, it can hide or cover up any of your past mistakes or problems. Just like a deodorant hides body odor, success can hide the not-so-good things about you. This means that if you become very successful, people may focus more on your achievements and not pay as much attention to any of your earlier failures or imperfections.

About Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor was a renowned British-American actress who had a prolific career in Hollywood’s golden age. She began as a child star and went on to become one of the highest-paid movie stars in the 1960s, known for her striking beauty, tumultuous personal life, and successful activism in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

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More quotes from Elizabeth Taylor

I don’t pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

I think I’m finally growing up – and about time.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

When people say, ‘She’s got everything’, I’ve got one answer – I haven’t had tomorrow.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

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.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

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

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

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.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

I’m a survivor – a living example of what people can go through and survive.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

I don’t think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I’m not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

It’s not the having, it’s the getting.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

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

British-American actress

I’ve only slept with men I’ve been married to. How many women can make that claim?

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

I haven’t read any of the autobiographies about me.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

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

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too – for being married so many times.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

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

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

I’ve been through it all, baby, I’m mother courage.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

I have a woman’s body and a child’s emotions.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

I’ve always admitted that I’m ruled by my passions.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

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.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

Everything makes me nervous – except making films.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

I really don’t remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

Success is a great deodorant.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

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

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

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

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

Big girls need big diamonds.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

Marriage is a great institution.

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress