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“In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood.”
-- Mae West
#Careers #Long #Misunderstood
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“When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.”
-- Mae West
#Life #Tattoo #Sexy
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“Never ask a man where he has been.”
-- Mae West
#Men
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“The finest woman that ever walked the streets.”
-- Mae West
#Sarcastic #Finest #Streets
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“You gotta get up early in the morning to catch a fox and stay up late at night to get a mink.”
-- Mae West
#Morning #Night #Foxes
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“Poor Mary Ann! She gave the guy an inch and now he thinks he's a ruler.”
-- Mae West
#Thinking #Guy #Poor
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“When in doubt take a bath”
-- Mae West
#Inspiring #Doubt #Baths
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“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
#Psychics #Long #Empowerment
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“Let's get out of these wet clothes and into a dry Martini...”
-- Mae West
#Beer #Clothes #Dry
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“Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.”
-- Mae West
#Love #Running #Men
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“Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.”
-- Mae West
#Women #Men #Let Me
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“A good man is hard to find -- but you'll mostly find him asleep.”
-- Mae West
#Men #Good Man
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“Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? (She made this remark in February 1936, at the railway station in Los Angeles upon her return from Chicago, when a Los Angeles police officer was assigned to escort her home)”
-- Mae West
#Home #Sassy #Police
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“The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin.”
-- Mae West
#Guy #Lap #Tables
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“Never mind about the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches.”
-- Mae West
#Feet #Mind #Six
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“Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.”
-- Mae West
#Women #Men #Feelings
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“A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty - he has suffered longer.”
-- Mae West
#Character #Men #Twenties
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“Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.”
-- Mae West
#Funny #Sexy #Being Single
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“[On the metaphysical:] ... I knew in some marvelous way I had touched the hem of the unknown. And being me, I wanted to lift that hemline a little bit more.”
-- Mae West
#Hem #Littles #Way
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“A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book.”
-- Mae West
#Girl #Book #Phones
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“Marriage? I ain't got time for a husband or child. All my life I've looked after myself as if I was my own child.”
-- Mae West
#Children #Husband #Singles
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“It is better to be looked over than overlooked.”
-- Mae West
#Funny #Sexy #Women
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“A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.”
-- Mae West
#Love #Funny #Life
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“I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?”
-- Mae West
#Sassy #Men #Needs
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“Curve: The loveliest distance between two points.”
-- Mae West
#Women #Distance #Curves
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“To err is human, but it feels divine.”
-- Mae West
#Funny #Sexy #Clever
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“I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.”
-- Mae West
#Shining #Jewelry #Diamond
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“Sex is emotion in motion.”
-- Mae West
#Love #Life #Sex
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“I'm a good woman for a bad man.”
-- Mae West
#Men #Good Woman
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“Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”
-- Mae West
#Love #Marriage #Single
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