Mae West Quotes

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

Girls who responded to the advertisement and then were willing to put themselves under Fong's wing, so to speak, till they could be inspected by the theatrical agent' were of a type that had no important family ties. (…) Each had a story behind her, but it was the story of the hundreds, the thousands. It was the story of a little ambition and a great hope; of immense trust and a few brains; of false pride and tragic courage. They were but units in the great mass of humanity which seem destined to struggle vainly for any realization of happiness and who go under in the backwash of the tide of living.

Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.

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

"An ounce of performance is worth a pound of promises." - Mae West

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Goodness had nothing to do with it.

I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night

Oh, Beulah, Peel me a grape.

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

I only like two kinds of men, domestic and foreign.

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

It's not the men in your life that count, it's the life in your men.

A me piacciono solo due tipi di uomini: gli stranieri e quelli del mio Paese.

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