Mae West Quotes

“Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you.”

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

“A man's kiss is his signature.”

“I've no time for broads who want to rule the world alone. Without men, who'd do up the zipper on the back of your dress?”

“Brains are an asset, if you hide them.”

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

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

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

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

“No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.”

“The finest woman that ever walked the streets.”

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

“Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.”

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

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

“It is better to be looked over than overlooked.”

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

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

“A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book.”

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

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

“Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.”

“Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers.”

“Tira: Whatever you're thinkin' you're wrong. I only like him like a brother. You ain't got nothin' to worry about. . . . Say listen you. A better dame than you once called me a liar and they had to sew her up in twelve different places. You're lucky I'm a little more refined than I used to be. And if you was as much a lady as I am, you'd get out of here before I get real sore. Alicia: You haven't a streak of decency in you. Tira: I don't show my good points to strangers. I'll trouble you to scram.”

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