Author: Mae West Page 3

Men are easy to get but hard to keep.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Don't ever make the same mistake twice, unless it pays.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Why don't you come up and see me sometime, when I got nothing on but the radio?

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

A hard man is good to find.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

There is a good deal to be said for blushing, if one can do it at the proper moment.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

A woman in love can't be reasonable – or she probably wouldn't be in love.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognize a good party man when I see one.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Too much of a good thing can be taxing.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Sr. Alvarez: Where have I seen your face before?

Cleo Borden: Same place as you see it now.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

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

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Some men are all right in their place… if they only knew the right places!

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

I speak two languages, Body and English.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Don't come crawlin' to a man for love; he likes to get a run for his money.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol