Mae West Quotes

A good man is hard to find -- but you'll mostly find him asleep.

The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood.

Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present

To err is human, but it feels divine.

Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.

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

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

I've been in 'Who's Who' and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary.

Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening. . . . Come up. I'll tell your fortune. . . . Ah, you can be had.

You may think you're in love when the passions of sex get hold of you, but if you didn't love the man before, you won't love him after. Like him, maybe, but not love him.

Dates in Calendar are Closer Than They Appear! Time is what keeps everything from happening at once. Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.

I'm single because I was born that way.

The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood ... Life elsewhere was real and slippery and struggled in the arms like a big fish dying in air.

Dating means two things; disillusionment or a racing heart.

The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin.

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

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

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

I've always taken men just as I found 'em, and thank heavens I've been able to find 'em.

Men are my life, diamonds are my career.

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

Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.

Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.

If you put your foot in it, be sure it's your best foot.

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

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

Everyone has the right to run his own life- even if you're heading for a crash. What I'm against is blind flying.

Tira begins to sing "I'm No Angel" to him as the screen fades: Baby, I can warm you with this love of mine. I'm No Angel. Aw, let me feel my fingers running through your hair, I can give you kisses. . . .

I believe in the single standard -- for men and women.

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

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

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

Look your best - who said love is blind?

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

The curve is more powerful than the sword.

I like a man what takes his time.

My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned, what's left to create the illusion? Let em wonder. I never believed in giving them too much of me.

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

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

Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.

Ya know it was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.

Kiss and make up-but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.

I've been things and seen places.

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

I have never been able to sleep with anyone. I require a full-size bed so that I can lie in the middle of it and extend my arms spreadeagle on both sides without being obstructed.

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

Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.

Poor Mary Ann! She gave the guy an inch and now he thinks he's a ruler.