"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."
— Mae West
— Mae West
There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. "
— Mae West
— Mae West
"I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"I'm single because I was born that way."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!"
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"It is better to be looked over than overlooked."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Look your best - who said love is blind? "
— Mae West
— Mae West
"I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!"
— Mae West
— Mae West
"He who hesitates is a damned fool."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"To err is human - but it feels divine."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"You are never too old to become younger!"
— Mae West
— Mae West
"I've no time for broads who want to rule the world alone. Without men, who'd do up the zipper on the back of your dress? "
— Mae West
— Mae West
"A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"The score never interested me, only the game."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"When women go wrong, men go right after them."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art."
— Mae West
— Mae West
"Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for."
— Mae West
— Mae West
