Mae West was born on August 17, 1893 and she died on November 22, 1980. She was an American playwright, screenwriter, actress and sex symbol. She had a cinematic carrier and performed on stage in big and luxurious cities like Las Vegas. She also performed on television and radio and recorded albums like rock and roll albums. Mae West was the daughter of John Patrick West and Matilda and belonged to a family of Protestants.
“Quotes By Mae West”
Sex is emotion in motion.
Mae West
Any time you got nothing to do – and lots of time to do it – come on up.
Mae West
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
Mae West
Cultivate your curves – they may be dangerous but they won’t be avoided.
Mae West
Don’t keep a man guessing too long – he’s sure to find the answer somewhere else.
Mae West
I’ve been things and seen places.
Mae West
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West
When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad I’m better.
Mae West
Don’t marry a man to reform him – that’s what reform schools are for.
Mae West
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
Mae West
I always say, keep a diary and someday it’ll keep you.
Mae West
A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up.
Mae West
All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
Mae West
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
Mae West
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can’t figure out what from.
Mae West
A man in the house is worth two in the street.
Mae West
I only have ‘yes’ men around me. Who needs ‘no’ men?
Mae West
I believe that it’s better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
Mae West
I didn’t discover curves; I only uncovered them.
Mae West
A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that’s subtraction.
Mae West
I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.
Mae West
I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.
Mae West
His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
Mae West
I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
Mae West
A hard man is good to find.
Mae West
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
Mae West
No gold-digging for me… I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
Mae West
I only have ‘yes’ men around me. Who needs ‘no’ men?
Mae West
It’s not the men in my life that count, it’s the life in my men.
Mae West
He’s the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
Mae West
A woman in love can’t be reasonable – or she probably wouldn’t be in love.
Mae West
He who hesitates is last.
Mae West
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
Mae West
You’re never too old to become younger.
Mae West
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
Mae West
I speak two languages, Body and English.
Mae West
Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Mae West
I’d like to see Paris before I die. Philadelphia will do.
Mae West
I’ve been in more laps than a napkin.
Mae West
Goodness, what beautiful diamonds !” Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie
Mae West
It ain’t no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don’t break any.
Mae West
There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out.
Mae West
I see you’re a man with ideals. I better be going before you’ve still got them.
Mae West
You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
Mae West
I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
Mae West
You ought to get out of those wet clothes… and into a dry martini.
Mae West
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Mae West
I like a man who’s good, but not too good – for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
Mae West
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
Mae West
I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor… Believe me, rich is better.
Mae West
If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
Mae West
It isn’t what I do, but how I do it. It isn’t what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.
Mae West
I’m the lady who works at Paramount all day… and Fox all night.
Mae West
I don’t like myself, I’m crazy about myself.
Mae West
It takes two to get one in trouble.
Mae West
I like restraint, if it doesn’t go too far.
Mae West
A man’s kiss is his signature.
Mae West
I like my clothes to be tight enough to show I’m a woman… but loose enough to show I’m a lady.
Mae West
You may admire a girl’s curves on the first introduction… but the second meeting shows up new
angles.
Mae West
Keep a diary, and someday it’ll keep you.
Mae West
It’s hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
Mae West
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Mae West
I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.
Mae West
Good sex is like good Bridge… If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.
Mae West
Look your best – who said love is blind?
Mae West
One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
Mae West
Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.
Mae West
It’s not what I do, but the way I do it. It’s not what I say, but the way I say it.
Mae West
A man in love is like a clipped coupon — it’s time to cash in.
Mae West
Personally, I like two types of men – domestic and foreign.
Mae West
Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they’re doing and saying in films right now just shouldn’t be allowed. There’s no dignity anymore and I think that’s very important.
Mae West
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day – and another, in case it doesn’t rain.
Mae West
Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
Mae West
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
Mae West
So many men… so little time.
Mae West
Why don’t you come on up and see me sometime.. when I’ve got nothin’ on but the radio.
Mae West
Love isn’t an emotion or an instinct – it’s an art.
Mae West
Give a man a free hand and he’ll run it all over you.
Mae West
She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
Mae West
Love thy neighbor – and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
Mae West
Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I’m tired.
Mae West
I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.
Mae West
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
Mae West
To err is human, but it feels divine.
Mae West
Personality is the most important thing to an actress’s success.
Mae West
Whenever I’m caught between two evils, I take the one I’ve never tried.
Mae West
I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing.
Mae West
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
Mae West
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West
Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
Mae West
The score never interested me, only the game.
Mae West
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
Mae West
Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
Mae West
Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
Mae West
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
Mae West
Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
Mae West
A hard man… is good to find
Mae West
Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
Mae West
I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
Mae West
I’m a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
Mae West