Top 63 Inspirational Mae West Quotes You Must Read

63 Inspirational Mae West Quotes

1. “He who hesitates is a damned fool.” ~ Mae West

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

3. “No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.” ~ Mae West

4. “An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.” ~ Mae West

5. “I never loved another person the way I loved myself.” ~ Mae West

6. “Never ask a man where he has been.” ~ Mae West

7. “Love thy neighbor – and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.” ~ Mae West

8. “I’ve been in more laps than a napkin.” ~ Mae West

9. “When women go wrong, men go right after them.” ~ Mae West

10. “I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing.” ~ Mae West

11. “To err is human, but it feels divine.” ~ Mae West

12. “Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.” ~ Mae West

13. “I speak two languages, Body and English.” ~ Mae West

14. “The score never interested me, only the game.” ~ Mae West

15. “Don’t keep a man guessing too long – he’s sure to find the answer somewhere else.” ~ Mae West

16. “I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.” ~ Mae West

17. “Keep a diary, and someday it’ll keep you.” ~ Mae West

18. “I’ve no time for broads who want to rule the world alone. Without men, who’d do up the zipper on the back of your dress? ” ― Mae West

19. “I only have ‘yes’ men around me. Who needs ‘no’ men?” – Mae West

20. “A hard man is good to find.” ~ Mae West

21. “You are never too old to become younger!” ~ Mae West

22. “A woman in love can’t be reasonable–or she probably wouldn’t be in love.” ~ Mae West

23. “Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.” ~ Mae West

24. “Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.” ~ Mae West

25. “Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present.” ~ Mae West

26. “When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad I’m better.” ~ Mae West

27. “It’s hard to be funny when you have to be clean.” ~ Mae West

28. “The finest woman that ever walked the streets.” ~ Mae West

29. “I’m single because I was born that way.” ~ Mae West

30. “I believe that it’s better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.” ~ Mae West

31. “In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood.” ~ Mae West

32. “She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.” ~ Mae West

33. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ~ Mae West

34. “Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I’d have to give it up.” ~ Mae West

35. “I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.” ~ Mae West

36. “His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” ~ Mae West

37. “When I’m good I’m very, very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.” ~ Mae West

38. “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.” ~ Mae West

39. “If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!” ~ Mae West

40. “Poor Mary Ann! She gave the guy an inch and now he thinks he’s a ruler.” ~ Mae West

41. “Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.” ~ Mae West

42. “There are no good girls gone wrong – just bad girls found out.” ~ Mae West

43. “A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up.” ~ Mae West

44. “I have found men who didn’t know how to kiss. I’ve always found time to teach them.” ~ Mae West

45. “Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can’t figure out what from.” ~ Mae West

46. “Keep a diary and one day it’ll keep you.” ~ Mae West

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

48. “I’m a woman of very few words, but lots of action.” ~ Mae West

49. “When in doubt take a bath” ~ Mae West

50. “Don’t marry a man to reform him – that’s what reform schools are for.” ~ Mae West

51. “It ain’t no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don’t break any.” ~ Mae West

52. “For a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived. Did I reform, you ask? No. I’m not ashamed anymore.” ~ Mae West

53. “Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.” ~ Mae West

54. “Cultivate your curves – they may be dangerous but they won’t be avoided.” ~ Mae West

55. “Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.” ~ Mae West

56. “I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.” ~ Mae West

57. “Everyone has the right to run his own life- even if you’re heading for a crash. What I’m against is blind flying.” ~ Mae West

58. “You gotta get up early in the morning to catch a fox and stay up late at night to get a mink.” ~ Mae West

59. “Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.” ~ Mae West

60. “Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.” ~ Mae West

61. “Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.” ~ Mae West

62. “Sex is an emotion in motion.” ~ Mae West

63. “I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.” ~ Mae West

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