Shirley Bassey Quotes

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

"No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years."
- Shirley Bassey
(Related: Wedding, Bells, Profession, Years)

"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
(Related: Men, Success, Women, Successful, Man, Woman)

"I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same."
- Shirley Bassey
(Related: Children)

"I hate it when people come up to me when I'm eating."
- Shirley Bassey
(Related: People, Eating, Hate)

"I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit."
- Shirley Bassey
(Related: Age, Business)

"Diamonds never leave you... men do!"
- Shirley Bassey
(Related: Men)

"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
(Related: Love, Men)