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."

“I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.”

— Mae West

Men

All Quotes by Mae West

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

— Mae West

Funny

“Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.”

— Mae West

Art

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

— Mae West

Time

“A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.”

— Mae West

Love

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

— Mae West

Funny

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

— Mae West

Men

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

— Mae West

Great

“Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.”

— Mae West

Love

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

— Mae West

Home

“I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.”

— Mae West

Good

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

— Mae West

Success

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

— Mae West

Good

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

— Mae West

Life

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

— Mae West

Men

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

— Mae West

Men

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

— Mae West

Good

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

— Mae West

Love

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

— Mae West

Diet

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

— Mae West

Marriage

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

— Mae West

Good