Mae West Quotes

1892-1980, American Actress
quotes
27
topics
12
Origin
Topic
“He who hesitates is a damned fool.”
Procrastination
“I used to be snow white, but I drifted.”
VerifiedInterview in Life magazine (April 18, 1969) · evidenceVirtue
“It is better to be looked over than overlooked.”
Obscurity
“It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.”
Humor
“I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.”
VerifiedI'm No Angel (1933) · evidenceMen
“I never loved another person the way I loved myself.”
Love
“I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.”
Temptation
“When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.”
Nudity
“Virtue has its own reward, but no sales at the box office.”
Virtue
“There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out.”
Scandal
“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”
Evil
“A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in.”
Love
“It's not the men in your life that count, it's the life in your men.”
VerifiedI'm No Angel (1933) · evidenceMarriage
“Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”
Verified#149 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne · evidenceMarriage
“I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.”
Men
“I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.”
Sexuality
“Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.”
Men and Women
“You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.”
Dress
“When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.”
Evil
“It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.”
Laughter
“When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.”
Finance
“Whenever I have to choose between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven't tried before.”
Choice
“Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.”
Personality
“Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.”
Censorship
“My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned, what's left to create the illusion? Let em wonder. I never believed in giving them too much of me.”
Nudity