Mae West Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Mae West:
I speak two languages, Body and English.
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I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
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I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
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It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
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A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
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A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.
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Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
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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.
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Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.
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All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
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Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.
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I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
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Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
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He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
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Look your best - who said love is blind?
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When women go wrong, men go right after them.
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I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
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Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
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A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
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It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
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I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
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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.
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Sex is emotion in motion.
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I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
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It takes two to get one in trouble.
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It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.
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When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
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The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
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The score never interested me, only the game.
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Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
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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.
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I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
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A hard man is good to find.
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
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He who hesitates is a damned fool.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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I've been things and seen places.
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Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
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Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.
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I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
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Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
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Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
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