Mae West Quotes

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

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

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

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

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

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

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.

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

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

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

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

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

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

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

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

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

Sex is emotion in motion.

Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring.

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

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

Curve: The loveliest distance between two points.

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

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognise a good party man when I see one.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

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

I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.

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

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

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

To err is human, but it feels divine.

I've been in more laps than a napkin.

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

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

The curve is more powerful than the sword.

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

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

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

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

The best way to behave is to misbehave.

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