Mae West Quotes

Mae West (1893–1980) was an American stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned over seven decades.

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

Here Is A Collection Of Mae West Most Inspiring Quotes: Mae West quotes about life, love and marriage. Quotes and sayings about men, love and marriage by Mae West.


Mae West Love Quotes and Sayings

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

― Mae West


I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

― Mae West


There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.

― Mae West


I'm single because I was born that way.

― Mae West


Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

― Mae West


Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

― Mae West


It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.

― Mae West


Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

― Mae West


There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out. ― Mae West

Sex is an emotion in motion.

― Mae West


A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.

― Mae West


Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

― Mae West


Don't cry for a man who's left you-the next one may fall for your smile.

― Mae West


Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

― Mae West


All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.

― Mae West


It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

― Mae West


I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.

― Mae West


Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

― Mae West


Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

― Mae West


You are never too old to become younger!

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

― Mae West


Look your best - who said love is blind?

― Mae West


I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. ― Mae West

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.

― Mae West


To err is human - but it feels divine.

― Mae West


Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.

― Mae West


A woman in love can't be reasonable-or she probably wouldn't be in love.

― Mae West


He who hesitates is a damned fool.

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

― Mae West


Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag.

― Mae West


I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.

― Mae West


Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

― Mae West


When women go wrong, men go right after them.

― Mae West


Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you.

― Mae West


The curve is more powerful than the sword.

― Mae West


Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.

― Mae West


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


I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.

― Mae West


The score never interested me, only the game.

― Mae West


An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


A man’s kiss is his signature.

― Mae West


I've been things and seen places.

― Mae West


Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.

― Mae West


One more drink and I'll be under the host.

― Mae West


I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.

― Mae West


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


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

― Mae West


I've been in more laps than a napkin.

― Mae West


You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.

― Mae West


It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.

― Mae West


I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.

― Mae West


It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.

― Mae West


If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

― Mae West


A hard man is good to find.

― Mae West


Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.

― Mae West


'Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.

― Mae West


Brains are an asset, if you hide them.

― Mae West


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

― Mae West


You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.

― Mae West


A man in the house is worth two on the street.

― Mae West


When in doubt, take a bath...

― Mae West


Goodness had nothing to do with it.

― Mae West


Errar es humano, pero se siente divino.

― Mae West


I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.

― Mae West


Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love - that's not so bad either.

― Mae West


I've been rich and I've been poor, and rich is better.

― Mae West


When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.

― Mae West


What's the good of resisting temptation? There'll always be more.

― Mae West


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.

― Mae West


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