"Words should be used as tools of..." - Quote by Mae West

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

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

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

“The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.”

“Sleep takes off the costume of circumstance, arms us with terrible freedom, so that every will rushes to a deed.”

“I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.”

“A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt.”

“The words you've bandied are sufficient;'Tis deeds that I prefer to see.[Ger., Der Worte sind genug gewechselt,Lasst mich auch endlich Thaten sehn.]”

“Man usually believes, if only words he hears,That also with them goes material for thinking.[Ger., Gewohnlich glaubt der Mensch, wenn er nur Worte hort,Es musse sich dabei doch auch was denken.]”