Famous Mae West Quotations

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"I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it."
by Mae West
"When women go wrong, men go right after them."
by 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."
by Mae West
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."
by Mae West
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
by Mae West
"'I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice 'Only today I happen to have a headache.'"
by Mae West
"A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up."
by Mae West
"A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction."
by Mae West
"A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction"
by Mae West
"A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him two--that's subtraction."
by Mae West
"A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him"
by Mae West
"A man's kiss is his signature."
by Mae West
"A man's kiss is his signature"
by Mae West
"A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water."
by Mae West
"An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises."
by Mae West
"Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly"
by Mae West
"Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for"
by Mae West
"Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it."
by Mae West
"Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you"
by Mae West
"Good sex is like good Bridge: if you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand"
by Mae West
"He who hesitates is a damned fool."
by Mae West
"He's the kind of man who picks his friends - to pieces."
by Mae West
"He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of."
by Mae West
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
by Mae West
"How tall are you big boy?Six foot nine inches!Let's go up to my place and talk about the nine inches!"
by Mae West
"I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself"
by Mae West
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it"
by Mae West
"I feel like a million tonight --- but one at a time."
by Mae West
"I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage, but not so amusing as Broadway."
by Mae West
"I used to be Snow White...but I drifted."
by Mae West
"I used to be Snow White -- but I drifted."
by Mae West
"I'd like to see Paris before I die. Philadelphia will do."
by Mae West
"I'd give half my life for just one kiss. Mae West: Then kiss me twice."
by Mae West
"It is better to looked over than overlooked."
by Mae West
"It is better to be looked over than overlooked."
by Mae West
"Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache."
by Mae West
"Marriage is a great institution. No family should be without it."
by Mae West
"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet."
by 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."
by Mae West
"Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins."
by Mae West
"Sex is emotion in motion."
by Mae West
"Sex is emotion in motion"
by Mae West
"Sex is an emotion in motion"
by Mae West
"Some men are all right in their place--if they only knew the right places!"
by Mae West
"The curve is more powerful than the sword."
by Mae West
"The curve is more powerful than the sword"
by Mae West
"The finest woman that ever walked the streets."
by Mae West
"To err is human, but is feels divine."
by Mae West
"To err is human - but it feels divine"
by Mae West
"Too much of a good thing is wonderful."
by Mae West
"Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office."
by Mae West
"Virtue has its own reward, but no box office."
by Mae West
"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."
by Mae West
"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before"
by Mae West
"Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried."
by Mae West
"Women with pasts interest men... they hope history will repeat itself."
by Mae West
"You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles."
by Mae West
"You're never too old to become younger."
by Mae West
"You're never too old to become younger"
by 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."
by Mae West
"When I have to choose between two evils, I always try to pick the one I haven't tried before."
by Mae West
"It's not the men in my life, but the life in my men that counts!"
by Mae West
"Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings."
by Mae West
"Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"
by Mae West
"When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity."
by Mae West
"My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned, what's left to create the illusion? Let em wonder. I never believed in giving them too much of me."
by Mae West
"When choosing between two evils I always like to take the one I've never tried before."
by Mae West


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