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Quotes by Mae West

Mae West

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out

They say love is blind . . . and marriage is an insritution. Well Im nor ready for an instirurion for rhe blind just yet.

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire women will like him.

When choosing between two evils I always like to take the one Ive never tried before.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

He who hesitates is last.

Everythings in the mind. Thats where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.

Marriage is a great institution but Im not ready for an institution.

When women go wrong men go right after them.

Dennis Thatcher husband of Margaret Thatcher when asked who wore the pants in his house said I do and I also wash and iron them. I only like two kinds of men domestic and foreign.

When youve got the personality you dont need the nudity.

Love conquers all things except poverty and a toothache.

I used to be snow-white . . . but I drifted.

When Im good Im very good but when Im bad Im better.

I generally avoid temptation unless I cant resist it.

Between two evils I always picked the one I never tried before.

Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it and they cant ever take that away from you.

Shes the kind of woman who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.

Virtue has its own reward but no sale at the box office.