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."

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

— Mae West

Art

All Quotes by Mae West

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

— Mae West

Love

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

— Mae West

Art

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

— Mae West

Funny

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

— Mae West

Men

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

— Mae West

Dating

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

— Mae West

Best

“Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.”

— Mae West

Love

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

— Mae West

Men

“A man's kiss is his signature.”

— Mae West

Men

“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 good. But when I'm bad I'm better.”

— Mae West

Good

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

— Mae West

Marriage

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

— Mae West

Great

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

— Mae West

Funny

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

— Mae West

Good

“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

“A hard man is good to find.”

— Mae West

Good

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

— Mae West

Love

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

— Mae West

Life

“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