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I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
Mae West
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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
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More quotes by Mae West
Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.
Mae West
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
I have never been able to sleep with anyone. I require a full-size bed so that I can lie in the middle of it and extend my arms spreadeagle on both sides without being obstructed.
Mae West
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
Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.
Mae West
Brains are an asset, if you hide them.
Mae West
Men are my life, diamonds are my career.
Mae West
Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury.
Mae West
Diamonds talk, and I can stand listenin' to 'em often.
Mae West
[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
Why don’t you come up and have a little ... scotch and sofa?
Mae West
Tira begins to sing I'm No Angel to him as the screen fades: Baby, I can warm you with this love of mine. I'm No Angel. Aw, let me feel my fingers running through your hair, I can give you kisses. . . .
Mae West
A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
Mae West
Sometimes I don't drink so the next day I can remember having fun.
Mae West
Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist.
Mae West
Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
Mae West
No gold-digging for me I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
Mae West
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West
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
Kiss and make up-but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.
Mae West