Mae West Quotations

I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two; that's the meaning of subtraction.

The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.

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

Money is of value for what it buys, and in love it buys time, place, intimacy, comfort, and a private corner alone.

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?

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.

Tira begins to sing "I'm No Angel" to him as the screen fades: Baby, I can warm you with this love of mine. I'm No Angel. Aw, let me feel my fingers running through your hair, I can give you kisses. . . .

Tira: Whatever you're thinkin' you're wrong. I only like him like a brother. You ain't got nothin' to worry about. . . . Say listen you. A better dame than you once called me a liar and they had to sew her up in twelve different places. You're lucky I'm a little more refined than I used to be. And if you was as much a lady as I am, you'd get out of here before I get real sore. Alicia: You haven't a streak of decency in you. Tira: I don't show my good points to strangers. I'll trouble you to scram.

Come up and see me sometime.

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.