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

“A hard man is good to find.”

— Mae West

Good

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

— Mae West

Funny

“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

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

— Mae West

Best

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

— Mae West

Art

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

— Mae West

Men

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

— 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

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

— Mae West

Home

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

— Mae West

Men

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

— Mae West

Men

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

— Mae West

Diet

“A man's kiss is his signature.”

— Mae West

Men

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

— Mae West

Time

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

— Mae West

Men

“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

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

— Mae West

Best

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

— Mae West

Women