Mae West

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

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

“I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.”

“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”

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

“Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.”

“The score never interested me, only the game.”

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

“It is better to be looked over than overlooked.”

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

“It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.”

“Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.”

“It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.”

“I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.”

“Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.”

“Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.”

“I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.”

“All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.”

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

“To err is human, but it feels divine.”

“A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.”

“I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.”

“Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.”

“Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.”

“Sex is emotion in motion.”

“Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.”

“I speak two languages, Body and English.”

“The best way to hold a man is in your arms.”

“When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.”

“Too much of a good thing can be taxing.”

“Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.”

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

“Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”

“His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.”

“A man's kiss is his signature.”

“Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.”

“I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.”

“I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.”

“Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.”

“I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?”

“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.”

“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”

“A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.”

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

“Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.”

“Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.”

“I've been in more laps than a napkin.”

“Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.”

“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.”

“When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.”

“They say love is blind . . . and marriage is an insritution. Well, I'm nor ready for an instirurion for rhe blind just yet.”

“A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.”

“When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.”

“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”

“Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.”

“When women go wrong, men go right after them.”

“I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.”

“I generally avoid temptation, unless I can't resist it.”

“Between two evils, I always picked the one I never tried before.”

“Sex is an emotion in motion.”

“She's the kind of woman who climbed the ladder of success, wrong by wrong.”

“It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.”

“I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”

“I never loved another person the way I loved myself.”

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

“He who hesitates is a damned fool.”

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

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

“Goodness had nothing to do with it.”

“You are never too old to become younger!”

“A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.”

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