Top 200 Mae West Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.”

— Mae West

152. “Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.”

— Mae West

153. “Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.”

— Mae West

154. “Don’t marry a man to reform him – that’s what reform schools are for.”

— Mae West

155. “I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.”

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

157. “I’ve been in more laps than a napkin.”

— Mae West

158. “Ice is nice at any price.”

— Mae West

159. “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

160. “I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.”

— Mae West

161. “All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.”

— Mae West

162. “A man in love is like a clipped coupon – it’s time to cash in.”

— Mae West

163. “I have never been able to sleep with anyone. I require a full-size bed so that I can lie in the middle of it and extend my arms spreadeagle on both sides without being obstructed.”

— Mae West

164. “Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it.”

— Mae West

165. “You may admire a girl’s curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.”

— Mae West

166. “I have found men who didn’t know how to kiss. I’ve always found time to teach them.”

— Mae West

167. “I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.”

— Mae West

168. “Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.”

— Mae West

169. “Dress gives one the outward sign from which people in general can, and often do, judge upon the inward state of mind and feelings.”

— Mae West

170. “When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.”

— Mae West

171. “Errar es humano, pero se siente divino.”

— Mae West

172. “Men would wither and custom stale them, but diamonds! Ah, they were crystallized immortality!”

— Mae West

173. “I like restraint, if it doesn’t go too far.”

— Mae West

174. “He’s the kind of man who picks his friends – to pieces.”

— Mae West

175. “Marriage? I ain’t got time for a husband or child. All my life I’ve looked after myself as if I was my own child.”

— Mae West

176. “I didn’t discover curves; I only uncovered them.”

— Mae West

177. “Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist.”

— Mae West

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

— Mae West

179. “The finest woman that ever walked the streets.”

— Mae West

180. “I’ve always had a weakness for foreign affairs.”

— Mae West

181. “Men are my life, diamonds are my career.”

— Mae West

182. “Let men see what’s coming to them, and women will get what’s coming to them.”

— Mae West

183. “Any time you got nothing to do – and lots of time to do it – come on up.”

— Mae West

184. “Men? Sure, I’ve known lots of them. But I never found one I liked well enough to marry. Besides, I’ve always been busy with my work. Marriage is a career in itself and to make a success of it you’ve got to keep working at it. So until I can give the.”

— Mae West

185. “Love isn’t an emotion or an instinct – it’s an art.”

— Mae West

186. “Personality is the most important thing to an actress’s success.”

— Mae West

187. “I only have ‘yes’ men around me. Who needs ‘no’ men?”

— Mae West

188. “The censors wouldn’t even let me sit on a guy’s lap, and I’ve been on more laps than a table-napkin.”

— Mae West

189. “I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.”

— Mae West

190. “You can do what you want, but saving love doesn’t bring any interest.”

— Mae West

191. “Just a little sheep dip. Panacea for all stomach ailments.”

— Mae West

192. “Pour him out of here!”

— Mae West

193. “Never ask a man where’s he’s been. If he’s out on legitimate business, he doesn’t need an alibi. And, girls, if he has been out on illegitimate business, it’s your own fault.”

— Mae West

194. “I don’t know a lot about politics, but I can recognise a good party man when I see one.”

— Mae West

195. “Girls, give all your gentlemen friends an even break, even if you have to break them in the attempt.”

— Mae West

196. “In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood.”

— Mae West

197. “Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you.”

— Mae West

198. “I’ve always taken men just as I found ’em, and thank heavens I’ve been able to find ’em.”

— Mae West

199. “I never set out to make men a career; it just happened that way.”

— Mae West

200. “Sometimes I don’t drink so the next day I can remember having fun.”

— Mae West