Mae West Quotes (152 Quotes)


    I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.

    Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.

    Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Mae West Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing.

    It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.

    Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.


    I'd give half my life for just one kiss. Mae West Then kiss me twice.

    I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.

    When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.

    Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces.

    I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

    The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.

    A hard man is good to find.

    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.

    It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.

    Love is the only industry which can't operate on a five-day week.

    It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.

    Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.

    I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.

    When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

    Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

    A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.

    You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.

    Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

    I only like two kinds of men domestic and foreign.

    His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.

    (During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage)Judge 'Miss West, are you trying to show contempt for this court'Mae West 'On the contrary, your Honor, I was doin' my best to conceal it.'

    Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.

    His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork

    Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.

    I speak two languages, Body and English.

    I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself

    An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

    I'm single because I was born that way.

    Too much of a good thing can be taxing.

    A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.

    Tira begins to sing 'I'm No Angel' to him as the screen fades Baby, I can warm you with this love of mine. I'm No Angel. Aw, let me feel my fingers running through your hair, I can give you kisses....

    Virtue has its own reward, but no box office.

    All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.

    Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

    Nov. 30-Dec. 10 Dirty Blonde ... I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.

    I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

    Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.

    I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.

    It takes two to get one in trouble.

    Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

    Don't forget honey. Never let one man worry your mind. Find 'em, fool 'em and forget 'em.

    Women with pasts interest men because men hope that history will repeat itself.

    You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

    Keep a diary and one day it will keep you. A hard man is good to find

    Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.


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