Mae West Quotes

No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.

Sex is emotion in motion.

I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.

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

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

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

To err is human, but it feels divine.

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

I like my clothes tight enough to show I'm a woman, but loose enough to show I'm a lady.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court? MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

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

You are never too old to become younger!

Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action.

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

A hard man is good to find.

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

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

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

Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it.

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

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

We're intellectual opposites. Well, I'm intellectual and you're opposite.

It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.

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

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

Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you.

The best way to behave is to misbehave.

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

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

Well behaved women do not make history.

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

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

I consider sex a misdemeanour, the more I miss, de meaner I get.

I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Women are like roads. The more curves they have, the more dangerous they are.

Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all over them for years.