Mae West Quotes

“She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.”

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

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

“A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty - he has suffered longer.”

“I never loved another person the way I loved myself.”

“Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.”

“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.”

“When in doubt take a bath”

“I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.”

“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.”

“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.”

“It's easy to get married, but hard to stay that way.”

“Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.”

“Just a little sheep dip. Panacea for all stomach ailments.”

“Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.”

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

“Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises.”

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

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

“Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action”

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

“We're intellectual opposites. Well, I'm intellectual and you're opposite.”

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

“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.”

“I saw what a mess a lot of people could make of their lives when they're smitten. Some of them go temporarily insane. They find a person who they think holds the key to their happiness-the only key to their happiness... My work has always been my greatest happiness”