The Best Mae West quotes

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

Give a man free hands, and you’ll know where to find them. — Mae West

Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I’d have to give it up. — Mae West

Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring. — Mae West

Give a man a free hand and he’ll run it all over you. — Mae West

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

Dress gives one the outward sign from which people in general can, and often do, judge upon the inward state of mind and feelings. — Mae West

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. . . . — Mae West

Don’t keep a man guessing too long–he’s sure to find the answer somewhere else. — Mae West

I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two; that’s the meaning of subtraction. — Mae West

Live close, visit often. — Mae West

Diamonds talk, and I can stand listenin’ to ’em often. — Mae West

Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!’ ‘Goodness had nothing to do with it’. — Mae West

No gold–digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday. — Mae West

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

I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself. — Mae West

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

I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond. — Mae West

Ice is nice at any price. — Mae West

I like a man what takes his time. — Mae West

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. — Mae West

For a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived. Did I reform, you ask? No. I’m not ashamed anymore. — Mae West

I feel lIke a mIllIon tonIght–––but one at a tIme. — Mae West

Any time you got nothing to do–and lots of time to do it–come on up. — Mae West

A man in love is like a clipped coupon–it’s time to cash in. — Mae West

Marriage? I ain’t got time for a husband or child. All my life I’ve looked after myself as if I was my own child. — Mae West

I have found men who didn’t know how to kiss. I’ve always found time to teach them. — Mae West

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

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. — Mae West

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

I’ve no time for broads who want to rule the world alone. Without men, who’d do up the zipper on the back of your dress? — Mae West

I like a man who’s good, but not too good–for the good die young, and I hate a dead one. — Mae West

Love is what you make it and who you make it with. — Mae West

Love is banality to all outsiders. — Mae West

Look your best–who said love is blind? — Mae West

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache. — Mae West

Love isn’t an emotion or an instinct–it’s an art. — Mae West

Love thy neighbor–and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. — Mae West

Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it. — Mae West

You can do what you want, but saving love doesn’t bring any interest. — Mae West

Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love–that’s not so bad either. — Mae West

Love is the only industry which can’t operate on a five–day week. — Mae West

Don’t come crawlin’ to a man for love–he likes to get a run for his money. — Mae West

You may think you’re in love when the passions of sex get hold of you, but if you didn’t love the man before, you won’t love him after. Like him, maybe, but not love him. — Mae West

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. — Mae West

I never loved another person the way I loved myself. — Mae West

Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one. — Mae West

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

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. — Mae West

Men are my life, diamonds are my career. — Mae West

It’s not the men in your life that matters, it’s the life in your men. — Mae West

Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. — Mae West

Everyone has the right to run his own life–even if you’re heading for a crash. What I’m against is blind flying. — Mae West

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. — Mae West

I’m single because I was born that way. — Mae West

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere. — Mae West

Never ask a man where’s he’s been. If he’s out on legitimate business, he doesn’t need an alibi. And, girls, if he has been out on illegitimate business, it’s your own fault. — Mae West

There are no good girls gone wrong–just bad girls found out. — Mae West

She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong. — Mae West

A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book. — Mae West

I wrote the story myself. It’s all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it. — Mae West

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

I’m the girl that works at Paramount all day, and Fox all night. — Mae West

A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up. — Mae West