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Mae West quotes: I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without. I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.
Mae West quotes: I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it. I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
Mae West quotes: Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
Mae West quotes: A man in love is like a clipped coupon - it's time to cash in. A man in love is like a clipped coupon - it's time to cash in.
Mae West quotes: I never set out to make men a career; it just happened that way. I never set out to make men a career; it just happened that way.
Mae West quotes: When women go wrong, men go right after them. When women go wrong, men go right after them.
Mae West quotes: 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. 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.
Mae West quotes: A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book. A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book.
Mae West quotes: When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
Mae West quotes: When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
Mae West quotes: Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises. Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises.
Mae West quotes: A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction. A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
Mae West quotes: Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring. Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
Mae West quotes: Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it. Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it.
Mae West quotes: Dating means two things; disillusionment or a racing heart. Dating means two things; disillusionment or a racing heart.
Mae West quotes: Beulah, peel me a grape Beulah, peel me a grape
Mae West quotes: Well behaved women do not make history. Well behaved women do not make history.
Mae West quotes: It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean. It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
Mae West quotes: The score never interested me, only the game. The score never interested me, only the game.
Mae West quotes: Come up and see me sometime. Come up and see me sometime.
Mae West quotes: You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West quotes: Never mind about the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches. Never mind about the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches.
Mae West quotes: Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present. Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present.
Mae West quotes: What's the good of resisting temptation? There'll always be more. What's the good of resisting temptation? There'll always be more.
Mae West quotes: Men are not realists - only women are. Men are not realists - only women are.
Mae West quotes: I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure. I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
Mae West quotes: Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money. Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.
Mae West quotes: Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them. Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
Mae West quotes: Pour him out of here! Pour him out of here!
Mae West quotes: Goodness had nothing to do with it. Goodness had nothing to do with it.
Mae West quotes: A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty - he has suffered longer. A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty - he has suffered longer.
Mae West quotes: A man in the house is worth two in the street. A man in the house is worth two in the street.
Mae West quotes: I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them. I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
Mae West quotes: Dress gives one the outward sign from which people in general can, and often do, judge upon the inward state of mind and feelings. Dress gives one the outward sign from which people in general can, and often do, judge upon the inward state of mind and feelings.
Mae West quotes: Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired. Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
Mae West quotes: Sometimes I don't drink so the next day I can remember having fun. Sometimes I don't drink so the next day I can remember having fun.
Mae West quotes: Curve: The loveliest distance between two points. Curve: The loveliest distance between two points.
Mae West quotes: Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different. Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.
Mae West quotes: When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity. When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.
Mae West quotes: Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache. Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
Mae West quotes: Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often. Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
Mae West quotes: It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect. It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.
Mae West quotes: The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it. The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.
Mae West quotes: It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any. It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
Mae West quotes: You are never too old to become younger! You are never too old to become younger!
Mae West quotes: How tall are you big boy? Six foot nine inches! Let's go up to my place and talk about the nine inches! How tall are you big boy? Six foot nine inches! Let's go up to my place and talk about the nine inches!
Mae West quotes: It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts. It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.
Mae West quotes: I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one. I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
Mae West quotes: Love is banality to all outsiders. Love is banality to all outsiders.
Mae West quotes: Why don't you come up and have a little ... scotch and sofa? Why don't you come up and have a little ... scotch and sofa?
Mae West quotes: No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most. No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.
Mae West quotes: I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
Mae West quotes: Some of the wildest men make the best pets. Some of the wildest men make the best pets.
Mae West quotes: I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself. I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.
Mae West quotes: Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for. Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.
Mae West quotes: Mae West: If I can't a man with a million dollars, I'll a million men with one dollar. Mae West: If I can't a man with a million dollars, I'll a million men with one dollar.
Mae West quotes: The finest woman that ever walked the streets. The finest woman that ever walked the streets.
Mae West quotes: Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays. Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.
Mae West quotes: Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible. Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.
Mae West quotes: Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from. Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
Mae West quotes: Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up. Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
Mae West quotes: 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? 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?
Mae West quotes: Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Mae West quotes: All the raves were just words. You don't want to let words confuse you. Words come cheap. All the raves were just words. You don't want to let words confuse you. Words come cheap.
Mae West quotes: For a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived. Did I reform, you ask? No. I'm not ashamed anymore. For a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived. Did I reform, you ask? No. I'm not ashamed anymore.
Mae West quotes: Girls, give all your gentlemen friends an even break, even if you have to break them in the attempt. Girls, give all your gentlemen friends an even break, even if you have to break them in the attempt.
Mae West quotes: It is better to be looked over than overlooked. It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
Mae West quotes: 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. 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.
Mae West quotes: I've always taken men just as I found 'em, and thank heavens I've been able to find 'em. I've always taken men just as I found 'em, and thank heavens I've been able to find 'em.
Mae West quotes: Ice is nice at any price. Ice is nice at any price.
Mae West quotes: Love thy neighbor and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. Love thy neighbor
and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
Mae West quotes: Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart. Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook. Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart.
Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook.
Mae West quotes: His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork. His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
Mae West quotes: It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it. 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 quotes: If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning. If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
Mae West quotes: Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you. Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you.
Mae West quotes: Love is what you make it and who you make it with. Love is what you make it and who you make it with.
Mae West quotes: Money is of value for what it buys, and in love it buys time, place, intimacy, comfort, and a private corner alone. Money is of value for what it buys, and in love it buys time, place, intimacy, comfort, and a private corner alone.
Mae West quotes: 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. 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.
Mae West quotes: The curve is more powerful than the sword. The curve is more powerful than the sword.
Mae West quotes: I always did like a man in uniform. And that one fits you grand. Why don't you come up sometime and see me? I always did like a man in uniform. And that one fits you grand. Why don't you come up sometime and see me?
Mae West quotes: I've been rich and I've been poor, and rich is better. I've been rich and I've been poor, and rich is better.
Mae West quotes: A hard man is good to find. A hard man is good to find.
Mae West quotes: Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action
Mae West quotes: One more drink and I'll be under the host. One more drink and I'll be under the host.
Mae West quotes: Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else
Mae West quotes: Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes. Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.
Mae West quotes: The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin. The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin.
Mae West quotes: Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office. Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
Mae West quotes: Reason was nowhere, time was an immovable object nailed high on the wall, except where the world kept shop. Reason was nowhere, time was an immovable object nailed high on the wall, except where the world kept shop.
Mae West quotes: I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde. I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.
Mae West quotes: I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two; that's the meaning of subtraction. I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two; that's the meaning of subtraction.
Mae West quotes: Just a little sheep dip. Panacea for all stomach ailments. Just a little sheep dip. Panacea for all stomach ailments.
Mae West quotes: I've been in more laps than a napkin. I've been in more laps than a napkin.
Mae West quotes: I believe in the single standard for men and women. I believe in the single standard
for men and women.
Mae West quotes: Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Mae West quotes: I believe that one day the world will judge the witch hunt against homosexuals just as harshly as it judges the Spanish Inquisition and the Holocaust. I believe that one day the world will judge the witch hunt against homosexuals just as harshly as it judges the Spanish Inquisition and the Holocaust.
Mae West quotes: You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles. You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.
Mae West quotes: Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin! Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin!
Mae West quotes: JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court?MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it. JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court?
MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it.

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