Mae West

Mae West

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Mae West, an American actress, is widely remembered for insights that continue to resonate with readers everywhere. Celebrated for portraying sexually confident characters and for her use of double entendres, often delivering her lines in a distinctive contralto voice, Mae West brought that same intensity to the written and spoken word. 37 of Mae West's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Men, Good, Love, Funny, and Women. Among their most shared lines: "A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love."

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

— Mae West

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All Quotes by Mae West

“Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.”

— Mae West

Love

“It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.”

— Mae West

Life

“Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.”

— Mae West

Time

“Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”

— Mae West

Great

“When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.”

— Mae West

Good

“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”

— Mae West

Good

“Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.”

— Mae West

Success

“I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.”

— Mae West

Diet

“It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.”

— Mae West

Funny

“He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.”

— Mae West

Marriage

“Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.”

— Mae West

Home

“When women go wrong, men go right after them.”

— Mae West

Men

“Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.”

— Mae West

Men

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

— Mae West

Success

“I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?”

— Mae West

Men

“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.”

— Mae West

Funny

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

— Mae West

Funny

“A man's kiss is his signature.”

— Mae West

Men

“One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.”

— Mae West

Work

“Look your best - who said love is blind?”

— Mae West

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