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

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.

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.