Mae West Quotes

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  You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

  Mae West

  Topics in Humor, Life

  Tags in Live, Once

• It isn’t what I do, but how I do it. It isn’t what I say, but how I say it – And how I look when I do and say it.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

• I’ve been in Who’s Who and I know what’s what, but it’s the first time I ever made the dictionary.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

• Catherine had three hundred lovers. I did the best I could do in a couple of hours.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

• Lieutenant, is that your sword, or are you just glad to see me?

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

• Beulah, peel me a grape.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

• When I’m good I’m very very good, but when I’m bad I’m better.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

• Why don’t you come up sometime, see me?

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

• ‘Goodness what beautiful diamonds!’ ‘Goodness had nothing to do with it.’

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

• Marriage is a fine institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Freedom

• Men are all alike – except the one you’ve met who’s different.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Relationships

• Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Women

• Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it.

  Mae West

  Topics in Love

• A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Like, Relationships, Women

• Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can’t figure out what from.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Meet, Relationships, Women

• I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Women

• I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Books, Reading

• It’s not the men in my life that counts- -it’s the life in my men.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Men

• I didn’t discover curves; I only uncovered them.

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Humour

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

  Mae West

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Evil

Mae West (91)

Birth:	17th August, 1893
Death:	22nd November, 1980
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Mae West was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades. Known for her bawdy double entendres, West made a name for herself in vaudeville and on the stage in New York before moving to Hollywood to become a comedienne, actress and writer in the motion picture industry. In consideration of her contributions to American cinema, the American Film Institute named West 15th among the greatest female stars of all time. One of the more controversial movie stars of her day, West encountered many problems, including censorship.

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