Mae West (born Mary Jane West) was an American starlet, dramatist, singer as well as sex symbol.
West started his career in vaudeville and also on phase in New york city prior to she moved to Hollywood in the very early 1930s and also began to tape-record motion pictures. She created the manuscript for a lot of his movies, however had frequent troubles with the censorship authorities because of the many sex-related references in her lyrics.
After relinquishing the movie sector, she began again to amuse on stage and additionally videotaped a number of songs cds. She made a return in 2 films in the 1970s.
West passed away 87 years of ages in your home in his house after experiencing a stroke.
Our collection contains 72 quotes who is written / told by Mae, under the main topics: Funny - Dating.
"When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better"
"It is better to be looked over than overlooked"
"A man in the house is worth two in the street"
"I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure"
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before"
"I've been in more laps than a napkin"
"I never loved another person the way I loved myself"
"To err is human, but it feels divine"
"Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is"
"Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring"
"Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often"
"The score never interested me, only the game"
"The best way to hold a man is in your arms"
"Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired"
"She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong"
"Sex is emotion in motion"
"Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins"
"Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain"
"Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important"
"Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign"
"It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it"
"It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men"
"It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean"
"It takes two to get one in trouble"
"It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it"
"I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them"
"I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond"
"Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier"
"I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported"
"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before"
"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution"
"Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache"
"Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success"
"I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action"
"Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office"
"Too much of a good thing can be wonderful"
"I'd like to see Paris before I die. Philadelphia will do"
"I used to be Snow White, but I drifted"
"Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried"
"I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far"
"I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one"
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it"
"I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway"
"I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them"
"I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked"
"I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it"
"I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you"
"His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork"
"He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of"