Martha: [derogatorily, to George] Hey, swamp! Hey swampy!
George: Yes, Martha? Can I get you something?
Martha: Ah, well, sure. You can, um, light my cigarette, if you're of a mind to.
George: No. There are limits. I mean, a man can put up with only so much without he descends a rung or two on the old evolutionary ladder, which is up your line. Now, I will hold your hand when it's dark and you're afraid of the boogeyman and I will tote your gin bottles out after midnight so no one can see but I will not light your cigarette. And that, as they say, is that.
Martha: Jesus.


--Elizabeth Taylor (as Martha) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Martha: A drowning man takes down those nearest.


--Elizabeth Taylor (as Martha) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Martha: I disgust me. You know, there's only been one man in my whole life who's ever made me happy. Do you know that?
[pause]
Martha: George, my husband... George, who is out somewhere there in the dark, who is good to me - whom I revile, who can keep learning the games we play as quickly as I can change them. Who can make me happy and I do not wish to be happy. Yes, I do wish to be happy. George and Martha: Sad, sad, sad. Whom I will not forgive for having come to rest; for having seen me and having said: yes, this will do.


--Elizabeth Taylor (as Martha) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Martha: I hope that was an empty bottle, George! You can't afford to waste good liquor, not on YOUR salary!


--Elizabeth Taylor (as Martha) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Martha: I looked at you tonight and you weren't there... And I'm gonna howl it out, and I'm not gonna give a damn what I do and I'm gonna make the biggest god-damn explosion you've ever heard.
George: Try and I'll beat you at your own game.
Martha: Is that a threat George, huh?
George: It's a threat, Martha.
Martha: You're gonna get it, baby.
George: Be careful Martha. I'll rip you to pieces.
Martha: You're not man enough. You haven't the guts.
George: Total war.
Martha: Total.


--Elizabeth Taylor (as Martha) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Martha: I swear, if you existed, I'd divorce you.


--Elizabeth Taylor (as Martha) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Martha: Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under any goddamn table you want, so don't worry about me.


--Elizabeth Taylor (as Martha) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Rebecca: I love you - and I must not feel it - yet Ivanhoe I love you, with all the longing in this lonely world.


--Elizabeth Taylor (as Rebecca) in Ivanhoe

Susanna Drake: Johnny, I had to come back. I'm going to have a baby.


--Elizabeth Taylor (as Susanna Drake Shawnessy) in Raintree County

Susanna Drake: That 4th of July race... what happens when you win?
John Wickliff Shawnessy: Well, according to a friend of mine, if I win, a beautiful girl will place a garland of oak leaves on my sun-colored locks.
Susanna Drake: I'd like to be that girl.
John Wickliff Shawnessy: Maybe it can be arranged?
Susanna Drake: Oh, it can be arranged, all right. *I'll* arrange it.


--Elizabeth Taylor (as Susanna Drake Shawnessy) in Raintree County