Between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
MAE WEST, My Little Chickadee
I used to be Snow White -- but I drifted.
MAE WEST, The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West
When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad I'm better.
To err is human, but it feels divine.
MAE WEST, The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West
Virtue has its own reward, but no box office.
MAE WEST, An Uncommon Scold
It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
MAE WEST, The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West
A Man in the house is worth two in the street.
MAE WEST, Belle of the Nineties
Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
MAE WEST, She Done Him Wrong
Some of the wildest men make the best pets.
MAE WEST, Belle of the Nineties
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
I feel like a million tonight. But one at a time.
MAE WEST, Myra Breckinridge
Wow! All this meat and no potatoes!
I'm a good woman for a bad man.
What'd you do? Get your hair cut or have your ears moved down?
We're intellectual opposites. Well, I'm intellectual and you're opposite.
I talked it over with myself last night, and we both went to sleep.
MAE WEST, Go West Young Man
Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin!
MAE WEST, attributed, Becoming Mae West
All the raves were just words. You don't want to let words confuse you. Words come cheap.
MAE WEST, attributed, She Always Knew How: Mae West, a Personal Biography
Sex is an emotion in motion.
MAE WEST, attributed, The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations
She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
Never mind about the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches.
MAE WEST, Myra Breckinridge
Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers.
I like my clothes to be tight enough to show I'm a woman ... but loose enough to show I'm a lady.
MAE WEST, attributed, The Biggest Joke Book Ever
A hard man is good to find.
MAE WEST, attributed, She Always Knew How: Mae West, a Personal Biography
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, interview, Take One, Jan. 22, 1974
One and one is two; two and two is four; and five will get you ten if you work it right!
MAE WEST, My Little Chickadee
Well, the end of another busy day. I can't wait till I get back to bed. If that don't work I'll try to sleep.
MAE WEST, Myra Breckinridge
Five times? Wedding bells must sound like an alarm clock to you.
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
MAE WEST, She Done Him Wrong
I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
MAE WEST, attributed, The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations
Sex is like bridge, if you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.
MAE WEST, attributed, Lying Fully Clothed
The score never interested me, only the game.
MAE WEST, The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West
A real farmer. He spent his childhood in the wheat, and his marriage in the hay.
It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.
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