Top 52 Mae West Quotes



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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Cultivate your curves – they may be dangerous but they won’t be avoided.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

 

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

 

There are no good girls gone wrong – just bad girls found out

 

They say love is blind . . . and marriage is an insritution. Well I’m nor ready for an instirurion for rhe blind just yet.

 

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire women will like him.

 

When choosing between two evils I always like to take the one I’ve never tried before.

 

Everything’s in the mind. That’s where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.

 

Marriage is a great institution but I’m not ready for an institution.

 

Dennis Thatcher husband of Margaret Thatcher when asked who wore the pants in his house said “I do and I also wash and iron them.” I only like two kinds of men domestic and foreign.

 

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

 

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

 

Love conquers all things except poverty and a toothache.

 

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

 

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

 

Between two evils I always picked the one I never tried before.

 

Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it and they can’t ever take that away from you.

 

She’s the kind of woman who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.

 

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

 

Virtue has its own reward but no sale at the box office.

 

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.

 

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.

 

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

 

Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.

 

He’s the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.

 

Save a boyfriend for a rainy day – and another, in case it doesn’t rain.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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