Mae West Quotes

“Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.”

“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”

“I believe in the single standard -- for men and women.”

“I've always taken men just as I found 'em, and thank heavens I've been able to find 'em.”

“I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.”

“men are not realists - only women are.”

“I started out as Snow White, but then I drifted.”

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

“Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist.”

“Well, the end of another busy day. I can't wait till I get back to bed. If that don't work I'll try to sleep.”

“It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.”

“Look your best - who said love is blind?”

“All the raves were just words. You don't want to let words confuse you. Words come cheap.”

“The best way to behave is to misbehave.”

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

“Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring.”

“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.”

“Flattery will get you everywhere.”

“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.”

“The score never interested me, only the game.”

“all pleasures should be taken in great leisure and are worth going into in detail; love is not like eating a quick lunch with one's hat on.”

“Men? Sure, I've known lots of them. But I never found one I liked well enough to marry. Besides, I've always been busy with my work. Marriage is a career in itself and to make a success of it you've got to keep working at it. So until I can give the.”

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

“It takes two to get one in trouble.”

“Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em.”