Quote

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

Mae West

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
Actor
Actress
Autobiographer
Comedian
Film Actor
Playwright
Screenwriter
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Mary Jane West
Jane West
Two
Wickedness
Always
Evils
Never
Pick
Picks
Tried
Fun
Evil
Funny

More quotes by Mae West

Image
I always did like a man in uniform. And that one fits you grand. Why don't you come up sometime and see me?
Mae West
Image
Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers.
Mae West
Image
I've been in 'Who's Who' and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary.
Mae West
Image
Sometimes it seems to me I've known so many men that the FBI ought to come to me first to compare fingerprints.
Mae West
Image
Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.
Mae West
Image
The finest woman that ever walked the streets.
Mae West
Image
Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin!
Mae West
Image
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
Mae West
Image
Girls, give all your gentlemen friends an even break, even if you have to break them in the attempt.
Mae West
Image
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
Mae West
Image
Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.
Mae West
Image
I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two that's the meaning of subtraction.
Mae West
Image
[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
Image
I have never loved a man as much as I have loved myself
Mae West
Image
No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.
Mae West
Image
I didn't discover curves I only uncovered them.
Mae West
Image
I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
Mae West
Image
I've been in more laps than a napkin.
Mae West
Image
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
Mae West
Image
A good man is hard to find -- but you'll mostly find him asleep.
Mae West