Quote

I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two that's the meaning of subtraction.

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
Meet
Meaning
Thousand
Wealth
Leave
Money
Two
Subtraction
Men
Dollars

More quotes by Mae West

Image
Just a little sheep dip. Panacea for all stomach ailments.
Mae West
Image
It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.
Mae West
Image
If you put your foot in it, be sure it's your best foot.
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
Don't forget honey. Never let one man worry your mind. Find 'em, fool 'em and forget 'em.
Mae West
Image
The best way to behave is to misbehave.
Mae West
Image
It takes two to get one in trouble.
Mae West
Image
Never ask a man where he has been.
Mae West
Image
I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
Mae West
Image
Men are my life, diamonds are my career.
Mae West
Image
One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
Mae West
Image
I like a man what takes his time.
Mae West
Image
I didn't discover curves I only uncovered them.
Mae West
Image
Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.
Mae West
Image
Everyone has the right to run his own life- even if you're heading for a crash. What I'm against is blind flying.
Mae West
Image
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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
All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
Mae West
Image
Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
Mae West
Image
You gotta get up early in the morning to catch a fox and stay up late at night to get a mink.
Mae West