Mae West Quotes

You only live once — but if you work it right, once is enough. — JOE E. LEWIS

A hard man is good to find.

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.

You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.

A man in the house is worth two in the street.

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

You take one thing and add it to another and you get two. Two and two is four; and five'll get you ten if you know how to work it!

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

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

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

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

No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.

I've been things and seen places.

If I can't a man with a million dollars, I'll a million men with one dollar.

Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.