1.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West
'Make the most of your life; seize the day and live it to its fullest potential.'
2.
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
Mae West
Adoration vanquishes all matters apart from destitution and dental agony.
3.
There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
Mae West
4.
Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
Mae West
5.
Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
Mae West
6.
Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.
Mae West
7.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
Mae West
8.
I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.
Mae West
9.
Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all over them for years.
Mae West
10.
Women are like roads. The more curves they have, the more dangerous they are.
Mae West
11.
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
Mae West
12.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
Mae West
13.
If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
Mae West
14.
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
Mae West
15.
I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.
Mae West
16.
All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
Mae West
17.
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
Mae West
18.
Sex is emotion in motion.
Mae West
19.
Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West
20.
Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Mae West
21.
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
Mae West
22.
Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you.
Mae West
23.
I believe that one day the world will judge the witch hunt against homosexuals just as harshly as it judges the Spanish Inquisition and the Holocaust.
Mae West
24.
We're intellectual opposites. Well, I'm intellectual and you're opposite.
Mae West
25.
His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
Mae West
26.
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
27.
Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring.
Mae West
28.
I consider sex a misdemeanor, the more I miss, de meaner I get.
Mae West
29.
I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
Mae West
30.
Curve: The loveliest distance between two points.
Mae West
31.
Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.
Mae West
32.
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
Mae West
33.
I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognise a good party man when I see one.
Mae West
34.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
Mae West
35.
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
Mae West
36.
I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
Mae West
37.
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Mae West
38.
When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
Mae West
39.
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
Mae West
40.
To err is human, but it feels divine.
Mae West
41.
I've been in more laps than a napkin.
Mae West
42.
I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.
Mae West
43.
Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.
Mae West
44.
The curve is more powerful than the sword.
Mae West
45.
JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court? MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it.
Mae West
46.
Don't let a man put anything over on you except an umbrella.
Mae West
47.
Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it.
Mae West
48.
It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
Mae West
49.
The best way to behave is to misbehave.
Mae West
50.
Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
Mae West
