Mae West Quotes

I know so much about men because I went to night school.

Never ask a man where he has been.

No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.

I never set out to make men a career; it just happened that way.

I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.

Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.

You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

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.

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

He's the kind of man who picks his friends - to pieces.

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

I started out as Snow White, but then I drifted.

Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.

In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood.

Men would wither and custom stale them, but diamonds! Ah, they were crystallized immortality!

Dennis Thatcher, husband of Margaret Thatcher, when asked who wore the pants in his house, said "I do, and I also wash and iron them." I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.

Love is the only industry which can't operate on a five-day week.

Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.

The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin.

Poor Mary Ann! She gave the guy an inch and now he thinks he's a ruler.

A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book.

Dates in Calendar are Closer Than They Appear! Time is what keeps everything from happening at once. Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.

If you put your foot in it, be sure it's your best foot.

Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces.

Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag.

Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening. . . . Come up. I'll tell your fortune. . . . Ah, you can be had.

Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers.

It's easy to get married, but hard to stay that way.

Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.

The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.

Ice is nice at any price.

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.

Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you

... love is banality to all outsiders.

Sometimes I don't drink so the next day I can remember having fun.

I have never been able to sleep with anyone. I require a full-size bed so that I can lie in the middle of it and extend my arms spreadeagle on both sides without being obstructed.

Just a little sheep dip. Panacea for all stomach ailments.

Ya know it was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.

Money is of value for what it buys, and in love it buys time, place, intimacy, comfort, and a private corner alone.

The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood.

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

Sometimes it seems to me I've known so many men that the FBI ought to come to me first to compare fingerprints.

I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs.

Girls, give all your gentlemen friends an even break, even if you have to break them in the attempt.

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

Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury.

Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart. Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook.

I'm the girl that works at Paramount all day, and Fox all night.

Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin!

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