Mae West Quotes and Quotations
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.
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 women go wrong, men go right after them.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
I used to be snow-white . . . but I drifted.
When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
Sex is an emotion in motion.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
When you've got the personality, you don't need the nudity.
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.
Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you.
Between two evils, I always picked the one I never tried before.
He who hesitates is last.
They say love is blind . . . and marriage is an insritution. Well, I'm nor ready for an instirurion for rhe blind just yet.
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.
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
I generally avoid temptation, unless I can't resist it.
She's the kind of woman who climbed the ladder of success, wrong by wrong.