“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
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Famous Mae West Quotes
“Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.”
Source: Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography
“Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.”
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
“You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.”
“It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.”
“Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”
“I'm single because I was born that way.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“The best way to behave is to misbehave.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West
“I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.”