Mae West Quotes

On this page you can find the TOP of Mae West's best quotes! We hope you will find some sayings from Actress Mae West's in our collection, which will inspire you to new achievements! There are currently 231 quotes on this page collected since August 17, 1893! Share our collection of quotes with your friends on social media so that they can find something to inspire them!
  • Hollywood was like a mouse being followed by a cat called television.

  • Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love--that's not so bad either.

  • Curve: The loveliest distance between two points.

    Women  
  • An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

    Mae West (1959). “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography”, Chelsea House
  • 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.

  • Reason was nowhere, time was an immovable object nailed high on the wall, except where the world kept shop.

  • Never ask a man where he has been.

    Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”
  • Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist.

    Girl  
    Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”
  • The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.

  • He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.

  • I always did like a man in uniform. And that one fits you grand. Why don't you come up sometime and see me?

  • He who hesitates is a damned fool.

    Witty  
  • All the raves were just words. You don't want to let words confuse you. Words come cheap.

  • I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.

    Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”
  • The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

    Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”
  • Ya know it was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.

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

    Girl   Sarcastic   Witty  
    Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”
  • Men? Sure, I've known lots of them. But I never found one I liked well enough to marry. Besides, I've always been busy with my work. Marriage is a career in itself and to make a success of it you've got to keep working at it. So until I can give the.

  • Women are like roads. The more curves they have, the more dangerous they are.

  • 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.

  • March isn't the only thing that's in like a lion and out like a lamb.

  • I’ve been things and I've seen places.

  • I like a man what takes his time.

    Mae West (1959). “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography”, Chelsea House
  • Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.

  • Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

  • The best way to behave is to misbehave.

    Women  
    Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”
  • I'm a good woman for a bad man.

    Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”
  • In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood.

    Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”
  • I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

  • I'm single because I was born that way.

    Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”
Page 1 of 8
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • We hope you have found the saying you were looking for in our collection! At the moment, we have collected 231 quotes from the Actress Mae West, starting from August 17, 1893! We periodically replenish our collection so that visitors of our website can always find inspirational quotes by authors from all over the world! Come back to us again!