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Mae West Quotes

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

– Mae West

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

– Mae West

He who hesitates is a damned fool.

– Mae West

I like my clothes to be tight enough to show I'm a woman, but loose enough to show I'm a lady - Mae West quote

I like my clothes to be tight enough to show I’m a woman, but loose enough to show I’m a lady.

– Mae West

According to legend, these were Mae’s instructions to Edith Head, costume designer, for her 1933 film, ‘She Done Him Wrong’. Picture shows Mae in publicity photo for that film.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough - mae west

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

– Mae West

Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present - Mae West

Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present.

– Mae West

A man's kiss is his signature - Mae West

A man’s kiss is his signature.

– Mae West

I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure - Mae West

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

– Mae West

It’s easy to get married, but hard to stay that way.

– Mae West

Women want certain things in marriage – the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury. - Mae West

Women want certain things in marriage – the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury.

– Mae West

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

– Mae West

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?

– Mae West

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before - Mae West

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

– Mae West

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful - Mae West

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

– Mae West

Goodness Has Nothing To Do With It

The curve is more powerful than the sword. - Mae West

The curve is more powerful than the sword.

– Mae West

When I'm good, I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better - Mae West

When I’m good, I’m very, very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.

– Mae West

It's better to be looked over than overlooked - Mae West

It’s better to be looked over than overlooked.

– Mae West

Belle of the Nineties

I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.

– Mae West

It’s not what I do, but the way I do it. It’s not what I say, but the way I say it.

– Mae West

You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini.

– Mae West

Every Day’s A Holiday

Save a boyfriend for a rainy day. And another in case it doesn’t rain.

– Mae West

I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing.

– Mae West

So many men, so little time.

– Mae West

Ten men waiting for me at the door?
I’m tired, send one of them home.

– Mae West

When told 10 men were waiting for her in her dressing room.

It’s not the men in my life that counts – it’s the life in my men.

– Mae West

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

– Mae West

She Done Him Wrong

When you got the personality, you don’t need the nudity.

– Mae West

You’re never too old to become younger.

– Mae West

I only have ‘yes’ men around me. Who needs ‘no’ men?

– Mae West

Man: This is the first time I ever came in contact with a woman like you.
Mae West: If I can help it, it won’t be the last.

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