Mae West

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A good man is hard to find -- but you'll mostly find him asleep.
- Mae West
Collection: Men
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Dress gives one the outward sign from which people in general can, and often do, judge upon the inward state of mind and feelings.
- Mae West
Collection: Fashion
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He's the kind of man who picks his friends - to pieces.
- Mae West
Collection: Funny
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The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin.
- Mae West
Collection: Guy
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The finest woman that ever walked the streets.
- Mae West
Collection: Sarcastic
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Kiss and make up-but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.
- Mae West
Collection: Kissing
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Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
- Mae West
Collection: Women
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Men are my life, diamonds are my career.
- Mae West
Collection: Men
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I saw what a mess a lot of people could make of their lives when they're smitten. Some of them go temporarily insane. They find a person who they think holds the key to their happiness-the only key to their happiness... My work has always been my greatest happiness
- Mae West
Collection: Sarcastic
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Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.
- Mae West
Collection: Women
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I never needed Panavision and stereophonic sound to woo the world. I did it in black and white on a screen the size of a postage stamp. Honey, that's talent.
- Mae West
Collection: Black And White
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In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood.
- Mae West
Collection: Careers
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The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.
- Mae West
Collection: Way
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It's easy to get married, but hard to stay that way.
- Mae West
Collection: Marriage
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Never ask a man where he has been.
- Mae West
Collection: Men
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It's not what you say, but how you say it!
- Mae West
Collection: Educational
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You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.
- Mae West
Collection: Saving
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Too many Broadway actors in motion pictures lost their grip on success--had a feeling that none of it had ever happened on that sun-drenched coast, that the coast itself did not exist, there was no California. It had dropped away like a hasty dream and nothing could ever have been like the things they thought they remembered.
- Mae West
Collection: Movie
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No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
- Mae West
Collection: Jewels
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what's life good fer anyhow? The minute you crawl into the world for no good reason of yer own, it's got you licked four ways from the ace.
- Mae West
Collection: Good Life
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When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?
- Mae West
Collection: Thinking
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The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood.
- Mae West
Collection: Cutting
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I believe in the single standard -- for men and women.
- Mae West
Collection: Believe
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I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two; that's the meaning of subtraction.
- Mae West
Collection: Money
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Pour him out of here!
- Mae West
Collection: Drinking
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When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad I’m better.
- Mae West
Collection: Tattoo
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I’m single because I was born that way.
- Mae West
Collection: Witty
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Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love – that’s not so bad either.
- Mae West
Collection: Love Is
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Don’t cry for a man who’s left you – the next one may fall for your smile.
- Mae West
Collection: Smile
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Don’t keep a man guessing too long – he’s sure to find the answer somewhere else.
- Mae West
Collection: Being Single
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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
Collection: Sleep
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I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing.
- Mae West
Collection: Real
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Goodness had nothing to do with it.
- Mae West
Collection: Romance
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Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can’t ever take that away from you.
- Mae West
Collection: Real
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I’ve been in ‘Who’s Who’ and I know what’s what, but it’ll be the first time I ever made the dictionary.
- Mae West
Collection: Firsts
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Sometimes it seems to me I’ve known so many men that the FBI ought to come to me first to compare fingerprints.
- Mae West
Collection: Firsts
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Sometimes I don’t drink so the next day I can remember having fun.
- Mae West
Collection: Fun