Mae West Quotes

• 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.

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• 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

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

  Mae West

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

  Mae West

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• Beulah, peel me a grape.

  Mae West

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

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

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

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

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

  Mae West

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

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

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

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  Tags in Books, Reading

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

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

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  Tags in Evil

• You are never too old to become younger!

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• Good sex is like good bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.

  Mae West

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• I wrote the story myself. It’s about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.

  Mae West

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  Tags in Story

• I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

  Mae West

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  Tags in Diamond, Interest

• I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.

  Mae West

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  Tags in Worry, Only

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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