Mae West Quotes

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Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring.

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I learned that two and two are four and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.

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Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em.

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Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.

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You're no oil painting, but you're a fascinating monster.

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Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.

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I always say, keep a diary and some day it'll keep you.

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Let's forget the six feet and talk about the seven inches.

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I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night

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It's not the men in my life that counts, it's the life in my men.

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Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.

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I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

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She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.

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Money is of value for what it buys, and in love it buys time, place, intimacy, comfort, and a private corner alone.

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You may admire a girl's curves on first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.

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Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.

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You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini.

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It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.

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One and one is two; two and two is four; and "five will get you ten" if you work it right!

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Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.

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Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.

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'Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!'
'Goodness had nothing to do with it.'

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A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.

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It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.

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I never set out to make men a career; it just happened that way.

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Alison Skipworth: You forget I've been an actress for forty years.
Mae West: Don't worry, dear. I'll keep your secret.

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Between two evils, I generally like to pick the one I never tried before.

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Judge: Are you trying to show contempt for this court?
West: No, I'm doing my best to hide it.

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In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood.

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