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."

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

— Mae West

Funny

All Quotes by Mae West

“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

“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

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

— Mae West

Good

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

— Mae West

Great

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

— Mae West

Best

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

— Mae West

Good

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

— Mae West

Time

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

— Mae West

Marriage

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

— Mae West

Love

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

— Mae West

Funny

“Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.”

— Mae West

Dating

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

— Mae West

Funny

“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

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

— Mae West

Love

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

— Mae West

Men

“A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.”

— Mae West

Women

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

— Mae West

Life

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

— Mae West

Success