Mae West Quotes & Sayings

For a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived. Did I reform, you ask? No. I'm not ashamed anymore. — Mae West

A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty - he has suffered longer. — Mae West

A real farmer. He spent his childhood in the wheat, and his marriage in the hay. — Mae West

I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it. — Mae West

Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers. — Mae West

Sex is an emotion in motion. — Mae West

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

Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one. — Mae West

I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs. — Mae West

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out. — Mae West

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

I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action. — Mae West

Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different. — Mae West

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

Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring. — Mae West

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art. — Mae West

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

Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for. — Mae West

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. — Mae West

I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction. — Mae West

Don't let a man put anything over on you except an umbrella. — 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

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. — Mae West

Goodness had nothing to do with it. — Mae West

You gotta get up early in the morning to catch a fox and stay up late at night to get a mink. — Mae West

I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it. — Mae West

I've been things and seen places. — Mae West

A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book. — Mae West

The score never interested me, only the game. — Mae West

One more drink and I'll be under the host. — Mae West

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

Diamonds talk, and I can stand listenin' to 'em often. — Mae West

Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain. — Mae West

I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself. — Mae West

Live close, visit often. — Mae West

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

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway. — Mae West

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

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

A good man is hard to find
but you'll mostly find him asleep. — Mae West

All the raves were just words. You don't want to let words confuse you. Words come cheap. — Mae West

Poor Mary Ann! She gave the guy an inch and now he thinks he's a ruler. — Mae West

More people saw me than saw Napoleon, Lincoln and Cleopatra. I was better known than Einstein and Picasso ... I changed the fashion of two continents. The style of the Gay Nineties became the rage ... women were trying to walk and talk like me. Women became more sex-conscious - sex was out in the open and fun. — Mae West

A hard man is good to find. — Mae West

Sometimes I don't drink so the next day I can remember having fun. — Mae West

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

Don't cry for a man who's left you
the next one may fall for your smile. — Mae West

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache. — Mae West

Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening ... Come up. I'll tell your fortune ... Ah, you can be had. — Mae West

I always did like a man in uniform. And that one fits you grand. Why don't you come up sometime and see me? — 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

I started out as Snow White, but then I drifted. — Mae West

If you put your foot in it, be sure it's your best foot. — 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! — Mae West

Give a man free hands, and you'll know where to find them. — Mae West

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

Ya know it was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost. — Mae West

To err is human - but it feels divine. — Mae West

A man in the house is worth two in the street. — Mae West

Come up and see me sometime. — Mae West

Hollywood was like a mouse being followed by a cat called television. — Mae West

Brains are an asset, if you hide them. — Mae West

I never loved another person the way I loved myself. — Mae West

Dennis Thatcher, husband of Margaret Thatcher, when asked who wore the pants in his house, said "I do, and I also wash and iron them." I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign. — Mae West

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

It's not what you say, but how you say it! — 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

You are never too old to become younger! — Mae West

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 ... — Mae West

Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? (She made this remark in February 1936, at the railway station in Los Angeles upon her return from Chicago, when a Los Angeles police officer was assigned to escort her home) — Mae West

Love thy neighbor
and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. — Mae West

March isn't the only thing that's in like a lion and out like a lamb. — Mae West

It's easy to get married, but hard to stay that way. — Mae West

I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond. — 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

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

Pour him out of here! — Mae West

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

What's the good of resisting temptation? There'll always be more. — Mae West

I'd like to see Paris before I die. — Mae West

Men? Sure, I've known lots of them. But I never found one I liked well enough to marry. Besides, I've always been busy with my work. Marriage is a career in itself and to make a success of it you've got to keep working at it. So until I can give the. — Mae West

I freely chose the kind of life I led because I was convinced that a woman has as much right as a man to live the way she does if she does no actual harm to society. — Mae West

Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money. — Mae West

I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them. — Mae West

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

I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night — Mae West

The curve is more powerful than the sword. — Mae West

If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right! — Mae West

Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em. — Mae West

Never ask a man where's he's been. If he's out on legitimate business, he doesn't need an alibi. And, girls, if he has been out on illegitimate business, it's your own fault. — Mae West

Some of the wildest men make the best pets. — Mae West

I've been in 'Who's Who' and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary. — Mae West

Men are not realists - only women are. — Mae West

Good women are no fun ... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag. — Mae West

A woman in love can't be reasonable
or she probably wouldn't be in love. — Mae West

I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men? — Mae West

He who hesitates is a damned fool. — Mae West

Never mind about the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches. — Mae West

It is better to be looked over than overlooked. — Mae West