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Men are easy to get but hard to keep.

Mae West

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

Men Relationships

Wayne Carter: Aren’t you forgetting that you’re married?
Flower Belle: I’m doin’ my best.

Mae West

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

Marriage TV/Movie Quotes As Flower Belle Lee in “My Little Chickadee”

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

Mae West

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

Men Money Subtraction

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

Mae West

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

Appearance Body Love People Neighbors

He's so crooked he uses a corkscrew for a ruler.

Mae West

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

Honesty TV/Movie Quotes As Mavis Arden in “Go West Young Man”

It takes two to get one in trouble.

Mae West

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

TV/Movie Quotes As Lady Lou in “She Done Him Wrong”

Cleo Borden: Yeah, for a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived.
Young Fellow: You mean to say you reformed?
Cleo Borden: No, I got over being ashamed.

Mae West

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

TV/Movie Quotes As Cleo Borden in “Goin’ To Town” Shame

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

Mae West

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

Characteristics Girls People Women

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Mae West

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

Appearance Body Overlooked

It’s not the men in my life that counts, it’s the life in my men.

Mae West

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

Life Men Sex

To err is human, but it feels divine.

Mae West

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

Emotions Problems Divine Err Human

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

Mae West

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

Emotions Love Men People Women

I see you're a man with ideals; I guess I better be going while you've still got them.

Mae West

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

TV/Movie Quotes As Flower Belle Lee in “My Little Chickadee” Ideals

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

Mae West

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

Characteristics Bad Choice Evil

Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.

Mae West

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

Men People Women Jewelry Opportunity

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

Mae West

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

TV/Movie Quotes As Flower Belle Lee in “My Little Chickadee” Temptation

I've been things and seen places.

Mae West

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

TV/Movie Quotes As Tira in “I’m No Angel” Experience

Love conquers all things… except poverty and toothache.

Mae West

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

Emotions Health Love Money Debt Toothache

I'll try anything once… twice if I like it… three times to make sure.

Mae West

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

Situations Novelty

Oh, arithmetic… I was always pretty good at figures myself.

Mae West

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

TV/Movie Quotes As Flower Belle Lee in “My Little Chickadee”

Judge: Miss West, are you trying to show contempt for this court?
Mae West: On the contrary, Your Honor, I was doin' my best to conceal it.

Mae West

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

Government Law During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage

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Author: Mae West Page 4

Men are easy to get but hard to keep.

Wayne Carter: Aren’t you forgetting that you’re married?
Flower Belle: I’m doin’ my best.

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

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

He's so crooked he uses a corkscrew for a ruler.

It takes two to get one in trouble.

Cleo Borden: Yeah, for a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived.
Young Fellow: You mean to say you reformed?
Cleo Borden: No, I got over being ashamed.

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

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

It’s not the men in my life that counts, it’s the life in my men.

To err is human, but it feels divine.

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

I see you're a man with ideals; I guess I better be going while you've still got them.

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

Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.

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

I've been things and seen places.

Love conquers all things… except poverty and toothache.

I'll try anything once… twice if I like it… three times to make sure.

Oh, arithmetic… I was always pretty good at figures myself.

Judge: Miss West, are you trying to show contempt for this court?
Mae West: On the contrary, Your Honor, I was doin' my best to conceal it.