I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two; that's the meaning of subtraction.

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

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

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

A man's kiss is his signature.

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

I never needed Panavision and stereophonic sound to woo the world. I did it in black and white on a screen the size of a postage stamp. Honey, that's talent.