Mae West Quotes
Witty words from one of America’s first feminists
I don’t know how we went a whole year without covering the immensely quotable Mae West, but here you go…
His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
- Mae West
I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
- Mae West
I believe that it’s better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
- Mae West
I didn’t discover curves; I only uncovered them.
- Mae West
A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up.
- Mae West
A hard man is good to find.
- Mae West
A woman in love can’t be reasonable – or she probably wouldn’t be in love.
- Mae West
All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
- Mae West
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
- Mae West
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
- Mae West
Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
- Mae West
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
- Mae West
I’ve been in more laps than a napkin.
- Mae West
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
- Mae West
I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing.
- Mae West
Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
- Mae West
She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
- Mae West