Mae West Quotes

Most popular Mae West Quotes

Censorship made me. - Mae West quote.
Censorship made me.
— Mae West Biography

censorship

Sex is an emotion in motion. - Mae West quote.
Sex is an emotion in motion.
— Mae West Show

sex

A man's kiss is his signature. - Mae West quote.
A man's kiss is his signature.
— Mae West My Little Chickadee

kiss

He who hesitates is a damned fool. - Mae West quote.
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
— Mae West

hesitation

To err is human, but it feels divine. - Mae West quote.
To err is human, but it feels divine.
— Mae West

sex

Too much of a good thing is wonderful. - Mae West quote.
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
— Mae West
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. - Mae West quote.
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
— Mae West
You're never too old to become younger. - Mae West quote.
You're never too old to become younger.
— Mae West
Too much of a good thing can be taxing. - Mae West quote.
Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
— Mae West

sex

Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you. - Mae West quote.
Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you.
— Mae West

autobiography

The best way to hold a man is in your arms. - Mae West quote.
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
— Mae West
I like two types of men - domestic and foreign. - Mae West quote.
I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.
— Mae West

men

If you want to learn about the world go out in it. - Mae West quote.
If you want to learn about the world go out in it.
— Mae West
I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it. - Mae West quote.
I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
— Mae West

censorship

I never loved another person the way I loved myself. - Mae West quote.
I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
— Mae West

egotism

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache. - Mae West quote.
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
— Mae West
When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity. - Mae West quote.
When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity.
— Mae West
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up. - Mae West quote.
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
— Mae West

feminism

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

funny morals

I believe in censorship.  After all, I made a fortune out of it. - Mae West quote.
I believe in censorship.  After all, I made a fortune out of it.
— Mae West Playboy

censorship

It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men. - Mae West quote.
It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
— Mae West

men

You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini. - Mae West quote.
You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini.
— Mae West Every Day’s a Holiday

martini

Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from. - Mae West quote.
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
— Mae West

feminism

Marriage is a great institution—but I'm not ready for an institution. - Mae West quote.
Marriage is a great institution—but I'm not ready for an institution.
— Mae West I’m No Angel

marriage

I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them. - Mae West quote.
I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
— Mae West
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. - Mae West quote.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
— Mae West

vice

Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you. - Mae West quote.
Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you.
— Mae West Bookviews

funny autobiography

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 quote.
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 Every Day’s a Holiday

law

One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it. - Mae West quote.
One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
— Mae West

negotiation

Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it. - Mae West quote.
Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.
— Mae West

dreams

Money is of value for what it buys, and in love it buys time, place, intimacy, comfort, and a private corner alone. - Mae West quote.
Money is of value for what it buys, and in love it buys time, place, intimacy, comfort, and a private corner alone.
— Mae West Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It!

love money

They say love is blind...and marriage is an institution. Well, I'm not ready for an institution for the blind just yet. - Mae West quote.
They say love is blind...and marriage is an institution. Well, I'm not ready for an institution for the blind just yet.
— Mae West
Makeup is not beauty.  When artfully applied, it merely enhances what's already there—the red paint on the fire engine. - Mae West quote.
Makeup is not beauty.  When artfully applied, it merely enhances what's already there—the red paint on the fire engine.
— Mae West Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It!

makeup

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 quote.
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 Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It!

pleasure