Mae West Quotes

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.

A hard man is good to find.

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.

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

His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

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

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

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

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

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

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

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

Tu vivi solo una volta, ma se lo fai bene, una volta è abbastanza.

I've been in more laps than a napkin.

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