Mae West

Quotes

• “I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.”
• “Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.”
• “I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.”
• “I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.”
• “Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.”
• “Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.”
• “She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.”
• “It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.”
• “I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.”
• “Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.”
• “Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.”
• “I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”
• “There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”
• “Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”
• “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
• “When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.”
• “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 loved another person the way I loved myself.”
• “Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.”
• “You are never too old to become younger!”
• “I'm single because I was born that way.”
• “He who hesitates is a damned fool.”