Quotes by 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.
• You don't get older, you get better.
• No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years.
• I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same.
• I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit.
• Diamonds never leave you... men do!
• 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.