Quotes from Mae West

I've been things and seen places.

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.

Brains are an asset, if you hide them.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

A hard man is good to find.

Everyone has the right to run his own life- even if you're heading for a crash. What I'm against is blind flying.

I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.

I freely chose the kind of life I led because I was convinced that a woman has as much right as a man to live the way she does if she does no actual harm to society.

The score never interested me, only the game.

I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.

Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.

I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.

what's life good fer anyhow? The minute you crawl into the world for no good reason of yer own, it's got you licked four ways from the ace.

He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.

Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

For a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived. Did I reform, you ask? No. I'm not ashamed anymore.

The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood ... Life elsewhere was real and slippery and struggled in the arms like a big fish dying in air.

I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.

Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.

Dates in Calendar are Closer Than They Appear! Time is what keeps everything from happening at once. Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.