Mae West Quotes - Page 9

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

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.

Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises.

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

Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist.

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

I'd like to see Paris before I die.

The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood ... Life elsewhere was real and slippery and struggled in the arms like a big fish dying in air.

all pleasures should be taken in great leisure and are worth going into in detail; love is not like eating a quick lunch with one's hat on.

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.

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

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

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

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

men are not realists - only women are.

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

One more drink and I'll be under the host.

A real farmer. He spent his childhood in the wheat, and his marriage in the hay.

Tira begins to sing "I'm No Angel" to him as the screen fades: Baby, I can warm you with this love of mine. I'm No Angel. Aw, let me feel my fingers running through your hair, I can give you kisses. . . .

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

I've been in 'Who's Who' and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary.

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

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

Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring.

Hollywood was like a mouse being followed by a cat called television.