Author: Mae West Page 5

Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.

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

Whenever I’m caught between two evils, I take the one I never tried.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
TV/Movie Quotes

I do all my writing in bed; everybody knows I do my best work there.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Places Reading/Writing

Virtue has its own reward, but no box office.

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

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

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
TV/Movie Quotes

Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Age Men Old People Women

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

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

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

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

I go for two kinds of men… the kind with muscles, and the kind without.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
TV/Movie Quotes

You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

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

Too much of a good thing… can be wonderful.

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

A man in love is like a clipped coupon… it's time to cash in.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Emotions Love Men People

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

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

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

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Characteristics Girls People Women

Serge: I hope you will be alone.

Lady Lou: So do I, warm, dark, and handsome.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
TV/Movie Quotes

She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.

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

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
Clothing Dating Relationships

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
Men Politics

I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.

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

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

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

Don't keep a man guessing too long… he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.

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