Mae West Quotes

“I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.”

“Pour him out of here!”

“If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!”

“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”

“You are never too old to become younger!”

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

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

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

“Some of the wildest men make the best pets.”

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

“Love is the only industry which can't operate on a five-day week.”

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

“what's life good fer anyhow? The minute you crawl into the world for no good reason of yer own, it's got you licked four ways from the ace.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag.”

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

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

“Dennis Thatcher, husband of Margaret Thatcher, when asked who wore the pants in his house, said "I do, and I also wash and iron them." I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.”