Quote

Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin!

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
Men
Napkin
Censors
Laps
Napkins
Lap
Wouldn
Imagine

More quotes by Mae West

Image
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West
Image
Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.
Mae West
Image
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
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
I saw what a mess a lot of people could make of their lives when they're smitten. Some of them go temporarily insane. They find a person who they think holds the key to their happiness-the only key to their happiness... My work has always been my greatest happiness
Mae West
Image
It's not what you say, but how you say it!
Mae West
Image
I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
Mae West
Image
I consider sex a misdemeanor, the more I miss, de meaner I get.
Mae West
Image
I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.
Mae West
Image
I believe in the single standard -- for men and women.
Mae West
Image
Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you
Mae West
Image
You are never too old to become younger!
Mae West
Image
Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist.
Mae West
Image
Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
Mae West
Image
Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart. Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook.
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
When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
Mae West
Image
Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury.
Mae West
Image
No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.
Mae West
Image
Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.
Mae West