Mae West

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

— Mae West

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.

— Mae West

Why don't you come up sometime and see me? … Come on up, I'll tell your fortune.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

— Mae West

It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.

— Mae West

Between two evils, I generally like to pick the one I never tried before.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

— Mae West

He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.

— Mae West

One and one is two; two and two is four; and "five will get you ten" if you work it right!

— Mae West

I feel like a million tonight. But one at a time.

— Mae West

To a young actor: How tall are you without your horse? Six foot, seven inches. Never mind the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches!

— Mae West

I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night

— Mae West

To her British lover about to climb in bed with 80-something Mae: She said that she hoped soon to be able to say what Paul Revere said — 'The British are coming'. This was the last one-liner Mae ever uttered on film.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

I've been in more laps than a napkin.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

To err is human, but it feels divine.

— Mae West

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

— Mae West

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

— Mae West

A hard man is good to find.

— Mae West

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?

— Mae West

I've been in more laps than a napkin.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

— Mae West

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.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.

— Mae West

Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.

— Mae West

It takes two to get one in trouble.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— 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.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

A man's kiss is his signature.

— Mae West

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

— Mae West

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

— Mae West

Sex is emotion in motion.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

— Mae West

Look your best - who said love is blind?

— 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

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

The score never interested me, only the game.

— Mae West

To err is human, but it feels divine.

— Mae West

He who hesitates is a damned fool.

— Mae West

A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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.

— Mae West

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

— Mae West

It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.

— Mae West

Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.

— Mae West

I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.

— Mae West

I speak two languages, Body and English.

— Mae West

Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

Too much of a good thing can be taxing.

— Mae West

Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.

— Mae West

Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.

— Mae West

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.

— Mae West

I've been things and seen places.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.

— 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.

— Mae West

You are never too old to become younger!

— Mae West

Look your best - who said love is blind?

— Mae West

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

Too much of a good thing can be taxing.

— Mae West

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

— Mae West