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

— Mae West

Men

All Quotes by Mae West

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

— Mae West

Time

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

— Mae West

Men

“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

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

— Mae West

Best

“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

“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

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

— Mae West

Dating

“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

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

— Mae West

Good

“A man's kiss is his signature.”

— Mae West

Men

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

— Mae West

Love

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

— Mae West

Success

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

— Mae West

Best

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

— Mae West

Love

“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

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

— Mae West

Funny

“Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.”

— Mae West

Love