Mae West Quotes

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

  Mae West

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Mae West: 'YOLO,' Before YOLO Was a Thing", bigthink.com. September 25, 2015.

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• I consider sex a misdemeanor, the more I miss, de meaner I get.

  Mae West

  Sex, Missing, Misdemeanors

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• When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.

  Mae West

  Life, Tattoo, Sexy

  I'm No Angel (motion picture) (1933)

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  Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all over them for years.

  Mae West

  Men, Years, Ems

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• Women are like roads. The more curves they have, the more dangerous they are.

  Mae West

  Curves, Dangerous

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• Well behaved women do not make history.

  Mae West

  Wells

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• Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

  Mae West

  Sarcastic, Witty, Humorous

  "MIT Students Develop A Wearable That Detects Emotions In Speech" by Logan Strain, wearablezone.com. February 09, 2017.

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• I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.

  Mae West

  Sarcastic, Witty, Humorous

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• Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

  Mae West

  Positive Life, Feelings, You Only Live Once

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• Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

  Mae West

  Funny, Witty, Appreciation

  Goodness Had Nothing to DoWith It ch. 21 (1959)

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• Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

  Mae West

  Funny, Two, Evil

  Klondike Annie (motion picture) (1936) See Homer 5

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• Never mind about the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches.

  Mae West

  Feet, Mind, Six

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• Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you.

  Mae West

  Inspirational, Real, Away From You

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

  Mae West

  Life, Sexy, Trying

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• I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

  Mae West

  Motivational, Tattoo, Sexy

  My Little Chickadee (motion picture) (1940) See Balzac 1; Clementina Graham 1; Wilde 25; Wilde 53

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• I believe that one day the world will judge the witch hunt against homosexuals just as harshly as it judges the Spanish Inquisition and the Holocaust.

  Mae West

  Believe, Judging, Holocaust

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• The best way to behave is to misbehave.

  Mae West

  Women, Empowering, Way

  Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

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• I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

  Mae West

  Funny, Witty, Women

  In Joseph Weintraub Peel Me a Grape (1975) p. 47

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• Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.

  Mae West

  Inspirational, Knowing, Mind

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• Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love--that's not so bad either.

  Mae West

  Sex, Love Is, Things In Life

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• His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

  Mae West

  Life, Mom, Mother

  "The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West".

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• We're intellectual opposites. Well, I'm intellectual and you're opposite.

  Mae West

  Opposites, Intellectual, Wells

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• If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!

  Mae West

  Sarcastic, Witty, Humorous

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• Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action

  Mae West

  Communication, Tools, Action

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• I like my clothes tight enough to show I'm a woman, but loose enough to show I'm a lady.

  Mae West

  Fashion, Clothes, Style

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