Quote

His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

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
Away
Mother
Life
Stork
Storks
Thrown
Kept
Mom

More quotes by Mae West

Image
Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love--that's not so bad either.
Mae West
Image
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
Mae West
Image
Some of the wildest men make the best pets.
Mae West
Image
Why don’t you come up and have a little ... scotch and sofa?
Mae West
Image
When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
Mae West
Image
The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood.
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
Sometimes I don't drink so the next day I can remember having fun.
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
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
Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag.
Mae West
Image
Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers.
Mae West
Image
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
Image
all pleasures should be taken in great leisure and are worth going into in detail love is not like eating a quick lunch with one's hat on.
Mae West
Image
I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
Mae West
Image
It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.
Mae West
Image
I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
Mae West
Image
Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
Mae West
Image
Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West
Image
Diamonds talk, and I can stand listenin' to 'em often.
Mae West