“Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
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Famous Mae West Quotes
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.”
“I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”
“The best way to hold a man is in your arms.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.”
“I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.”
“I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.”
Source: Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography
“If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present”
“Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“I'm single because I was born that way.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.”
“Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”
“Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.”
“Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.”
“I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”
“It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.”