“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
“A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.”
– Mae West
“When women go wrong, men go right after them.”
– Mae West
“Any time you got nothing to do – and lots of time to do it – come on up.”
– Mae West
“She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.”
– Mae West
“Personality is the most important thing to an actress’s success.”
– Mae West
“Personally, I like two types of men – domestic and foreign.”
– Mae West
“It’s not the men in my life that count, it’s the life in my men.”
– Mae West
“Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I’m tired.”
– Mae West
“When women go wrong, men go right after them.”
– Mae West
“I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.”
– Mae West
“A man’s kiss is his signature.”
– Mae West
“I only have ‘yes’ men around me. Who needs ‘no’ men?”
– Mae West
“Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.”
– Mae West
“He’s the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.”
– Mae West
“Look your best – who said love is blind?”
– Mae West
“Love isn’t an emotion or an instinct – it’s an art.”
– Mae West
“Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.”
– Mae West
“A woman in love can’t be reasonable – or she probably wouldn’t be in love.”
– Mae West
“Love thy neighbor – and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.”
– Mae West
“It’s not the men in my life that count, it’s the life in my men.”
– Mae West
“Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I’m tired.”
– Mae West
“Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.”
– Mae West
“Too much of a good thing can be taxing.”
– 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
“A hard man is good to find.”
– Mae West
“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”
– Mae West
“When I’m good I’m very, very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.”
– Mae West
“When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad I’m better.”
– Mae West
“It’s hard to be funny when you have to be clean.”
– Mae West