Quote

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

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
Pleasure
Leisure
Taken
Hats
Great
Quick
Going
Lunch
Love
Details
Like
Sex
Eating
Detail
Worth
Pleasures

More quotes by Mae West

Image
A good man is hard to find -- but you'll mostly find him asleep.
Mae West
Image
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
Mae West
Image
The best way to behave is to misbehave.
Mae West
Image
I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.
Mae West
Image
When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
Mae West
Image
My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned, what's left to create the illusion? Let em wonder. I never believed in giving them too much of me.
Mae West
Image
I speak two languages, Body and English.
Mae West
Image
I've been in more laps than a napkin.
Mae West
Image
I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
Mae West
Image
Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.
Mae West
Image
Men are my life, diamonds are my career.
Mae West
Image
His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
Mae West
Image
Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
Mae West
Image
When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?
Mae West
Image
Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
Mae West
Image
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
Mae West
Image
Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist.
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
Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises.
Mae West
Image
In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood.
Mae West