Author: Mae West Page 6

So many men, so little time.

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

Two and two is four and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.

(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

Pour him out of here!

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

It takes two to get one in trouble.

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

Alison Skipworth: You forget I’ve been an actress for forty years.

West: Don’t worry dear, I’ll keep your secret.

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

Love is the only industry which can't operate on a five-day week.

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

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

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

I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.

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

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

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

All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.

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

Dirty blonde … I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.

(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

Serge: I hope you will be alone.

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

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

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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

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

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

An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Good girls go to heaven; bad girls go everywhere else.

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

Too much of a good thing can be taxing.

(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

I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.

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