Top 242 Quotes & Sayings by Mae West

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Mae West was an American stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned over seven decades. She was known for her breezy sexual independence, and her lighthearted bawdy double entendres, often delivered in a husky contralto voice. She was active in vaudeville and on stage in New York City before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the film industry.

American - Actress | August 17, 1893 - November 22, 1980

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I've been in more laps than a napkin.

Mae West

Look your best - who said love is blind?

Mae West

I speak two languages, Body and English.

Mae West

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

Mae West

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

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Sex is emotion in motion.

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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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A hard man is good to find.

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

Mae West

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

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She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.

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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

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I've been things and seen places.

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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.

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The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

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Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

Mae West

The score never interested me, only the game.

Mae West

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

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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

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.

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

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To err is human, but it feels divine.

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Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

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A man in the house is worth two in the street.

Mae West

When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.

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

Mae West

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

Mae West

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Mae West

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

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

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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.

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Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.

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A man's kiss is his signature.

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

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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.

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It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Mae West

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

Mae West

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

Mae West

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

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

Mae West

I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.

Mae West

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

Mae West

Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.

Mae West

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

Mae West

Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.

Mae West

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

Mae West

A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.

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

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

Mae West

I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.

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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.

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

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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.

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

Mae West

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

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Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.

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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

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A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.

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Top 242 Quotes & Sayings by Mae West

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