Mae West's quote

(1893.8.17~1980.11.22) American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades.

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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present
I use to be Snow White, but I drifted.
Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.
Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!
Everyone has the right to run his own life- even if you're heading for a crash. What I'm against is blind flying.
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.
I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.
The score never interested me, only the game.
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.
It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.
You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.
A man’s kiss is his signature.
Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.
Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.
I've been in more laps than a napkin.
Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court? MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it.
Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
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?
The curve is more powerful than the sword.
Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you.
I've been things and seen places.
Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.
I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
You are never too old to become younger!
Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.
To err is human - but it feels divine.
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.
Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it.
If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
Love thy neighbor -- and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
Sex is an emotion in motion.
Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.
Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.
Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.
I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.