Mae West

Actress

1893-08-17

Quotes by Mae West

• Sex is an emotion in motion.

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• Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.

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• There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

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

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• Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

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

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

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

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

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• Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

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

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• You are never too old to become younger!

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• Goodness had nothing to do with it.

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• I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.

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• Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.

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• She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.

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

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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.

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

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• He who hesitates is a damned fool.

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