Mae West

"It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean."

"It's not the men in my life that counts-it's the life in my men."

"Those who are easily shocked, should be shocked more often."

"I used to be Snow White but I drifted"

"A hard man is good to find."

"When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better."

"So many men, so little time."

"You're never too old to become younger."

"You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini."

"Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly."

"Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you."

"He who hesitates is a damned fool."

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

"Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried."

"Mae: "How tall are you ?" - Man: "Six foot seven." - Mae: "Well, let's forget about the six foot and talk about the seven inches"."

"I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better."

"I always say, keep a diary, and some day it'll keep you."

"It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then. As long as you don't break any."

"When I'm good, I'm good. When I'm bad, I'm very good."

"Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"

"You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles."

"Marriage is a fine institution - but I'm not ready for an institution."

"It's not what you do ... it's how you do it."

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."

"It don't mean a thing if you don't pull a string."

"I'm the lady who works at Paramount all day, and Fox all night."

"Why don't you come up and have a little ... scotch and sofa."

"I wrote this story myself, It's all about a girl who lost her reputation, but never missed it."

"I've been things and done places."

"I feel like a million tonight. But one at a time."

"In my life I have had more men on my lap than napkins"

"To err is human -- but it feels divine."

"I like my clothes to be tight enough to show I'm a woman, but loose enough to show I'm a lady. "

"He who hesitates is last"

"I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without. "

"A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in."

"No gold-digging for me... I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday."

"A man in the house is worth two in the street"

"I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately. You must be awful tired."

"The score never interested me, only the game."

"Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art."

"The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it."

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

"It takes two to get one in trouble."

"I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit"

"Don't ever make the same mistake twice, unless it pays."

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

"When a girl goes bad--men go right after her."

"Save a boyfriend for a rainy day--and another, in case it doesn't."

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

"Goodness, what lovely diamonds. Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie."

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

"Too much of a good thing can be wonderful."

"Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing."

"What kind of man is most satisfactory? Personally, I like two types of men--domestic and foreign."

"Haven't you ever met a man who could make you happy? Sure, lots of times."

"This is the first time I ever came in contact with a woman like you. If I can help it, it won't be the last ..."

"It's not the men in my life; it's the life in my men."

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."

"It's better to be looked over than overlooked."