Mae West Quotes

March isn't the only thing that's in like a lion and out like a lamb.

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

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.

A hard man is good to find.

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

A man in love is like a clipped coupon - it's time to cash in.

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

You are never too old to become younger!

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

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

Ice is nice at any price.

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

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

Marriage? I ain't got time for a husband or child. All my life I've looked after myself as if I was my own child.

Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you

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

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.

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.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

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.

When in doubt take a bath

The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.

When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?

Sex is emotion in motion.

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

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

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

I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.

Sometimes I don't drink so the next day I can remember having fun.

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

No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

Live close, visit often.

I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.

The score never interested me, only the game.

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

I never set out to make men a career; it just happened that way.

I’ve been things and I've seen places.

You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.

Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.

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

He's the kind of man who picks his friends - to pieces.

Well behaved women do not make history.

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

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

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

I freely chose the kind of life I led because I was convinced that a woman has as much right as a man to live the way she does if she does no actual harm to society.