Bassey Shirley Quotes & Sayings

Diamonds never leave you ... men do! — Shirley Bassey

I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough. — Shirley Bassey

I'd like to run away
From you,
But if you didn't come
And find me ...
I would die. — Shirley Bassey

I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business. — Shirley Bassey

When you live in a safe place like Monte Carlo, you can walk home at any time of the night and you don't have to worry. I don't feel at risk there. If I drive myself, I can leave the car doors unlocked. — Shirley Bassey

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience. — Shirley Bassey

You want success, and then when you do get it, you don't want it because of the attention. — Shirley Bassey

The most important thing is just like creativity and music. It's the one thing that you never lose if you just stay loyal to that. — Pharrell Williams

Hate like that can tear down the world." * — Cassandra Clare

To practice Sabbath is a disciplined and faithful way to remember that you are not the one who keeps the world running, who provides for your family, not even the one who keeps your work projects moving forward. — Timothy Keller

I started singing in pubs and clubs around Belfast when I was 10. My dad is a musician, and he took me 'round; I impersonated Tina Turner and Shirley Bassey, and the crowd couldn't believe what was coming out of this little girl. — Rachel Tucker

You don't get older, you get better. — Shirley Bassey

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. Lady, as you are mine, I am yours: I give away myself for
you and dote upon the exchange. — William Shakespeare

I love Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey. — Karine Vanasse

I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit. — Shirley Bassey

I'm too busy putting my energies into my performance to be a diva. — Shirley Bassey

No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years. — Shirley Bassey

I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage. — Shirley Bassey

I've written songs for Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, and Linda Thompson. I sort of focus on these wonderful, aging divas. But maybe that's because I think I'm Christina Aguilera. — Rufus Wainwright

The value we place on what we've been given correlates to our depth of gratitude for it. — Todd Stocker

I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same. — Shirley Bassey

I hate it when people come up to me when I'm eating. — Shirley Bassey

I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and I'd jump from one to the other. Without a safety net! I was an incredible tomboy. — Shirley Bassey

I'm always being asked if I watch 'The X Factor,' and I do from time to time. I know it makes for great TV and that Simon Cowell has a real gift. — Shirley Bassey

I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect. — Dalai Lama

In truth, it requires not only a large intellect, but a large heart, to judge with becoming charity of the peculiar temptations of riches. — Shirley Bassey

I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked. — Jane Horrocks

When I started singing, I couldn't be shut up. — Shirley Bassey

It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women. — Shirley Bassey

How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears! — Shirley Bassey

Manchester was a fantastic place to go out in. There were 10 clubs with world-class cabaret and comedians. You'd go in and Tom Jones might be singing, or Shirley Bassey or Engelbert Humperdinck. — Francis Lee

I'm not getting old. I'm getting better. — Shirley Bassey

There's a vast difference between having a carload of miscellaneous facts sloshing around loose in your head and getting all mixed up in transit, and carrying the same assortment properly boxed and crated for convenient handling and immediate delivery. — George Horace Lorimer