Do not marry a man to reform him. That is what reform schools are for.
Mae West
Related
Don't marry a man to reform him--that's what reform schools are for.
MAE WEST How do you do, Miss West? Mae West: How do you do what?
MAE WEST Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.
JOHN RUSKIN We are the friends of reform; but that is not reform, which, in curing one evil, threatens to inflic...
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON Leaders do not conform; they reform. If you conform, you are nurturing mediocrity. If you reform, yo...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin.
JOHN RUSKIN It is what makes the reform process an art, not just a science. You have to develop a strategy that ...
VACLAV KLAUS To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, tha...
THOMAS CARLYLE I took on pension reform, health care reform, and leave reform - all of those tough issues that so m...
STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE A world class economy will need world class education - and that means continuing to reform our scho...
GORDON BROWN Republicans get a lot of money from big business, but they are not tied to the union dollar. As a re...
JUAN WILLIAMS I think the heavier lifting is the budget-process and earmarks [reform]. Lobbyist reform is blaming ...
JEFF FLAKE We want a reform that is just and fair and not a reform which is going to have such a violent disrup...
ARVIN BOOLELL Gentlemen, I am tormented by questions; answer them for me. You, for instance, want to cure men of t...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY There are people with vested interest who do not want us to reform our energy sector so that we rema...
VEERAPPA MOILY Obviously, it is not a clear path for reform. That being said, I do think we've got some momentum.
DERRICK MAX I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen s...
ADAM RAPP I do certainly see chances that a grand coalition can take on major reform projects and reform chall...
DIETER HUNDT Koizumi tried to achieve reform within the LDP framework ... But he couldn't do that, so that means ...
YASUNORI SONE Koizumi tried to achieve reform within the LDP framework ... But he couldn't do that, so that means ...
YASUNORI SONE You do not reform a world by ignoring it.
GEORGE BUSH Reform is affirmative, conservatism negative; conservatism goes for comfort, reform for truth. The C...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itse...
MARK TWAIN To innovate is not to reform.
EDMUND BURKE Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequent...
BONNELL THORNTON What we have to do is allow the people to set the agenda for this country and not the special intere...
BILL BRADLEY Well, that and workers' comp reform. He did lobby me for workers' comp reform, because Paul Patton a...
ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG STUMBO To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
VICTOR HUGO For years I have been complaining about this very thing. You have the power to reform and that's wha...
JAMES NEAL A man who marries a woman to educate her falls a victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries...
ALPHONSE KARR Reform is not a one-night stand.
JOHN BOLTON Reform is not a period of retreat.
DAVID REMNICK I believe we will stay together to fight for some real reform education reform, health reform. I ...
BARBARA KERR Every reform is only a mask under cover of which a more terrible reform, which dares not yet name it...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON The share reform is the primary task for the capital market reform and development in 2006.
SHANG FULIN At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still...
CLARENCE DARROW At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still...
CLARENCE DARROW At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he stil...
CLARENCE DARROW At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still...
RODNEY DANGERFIELD This is the administration to continue reform, ... Even after I leave in September of next year, I d...
JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI I do think that Social Security reform needs to be bipartisan, and we are going to have to reach tha...
JUDY BIGGERT What we need is fundamental tax reform.
ROB PORTMAN I hope to reinforce the recognition of the need for reform, ... There's a lot of nominal support for...
PAUL A. VOLCKER The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchangin...
JOSEPH LIEBERMAN We're all for reform. But you have to do it right.
LANCE CORCORAN To reform the world - means to reform upbringing...
JANUSZ KORCZAK Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard wor...
THOMAS CARLYLE I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration'...
JACK KINGSTON Here is your great soul—the man who has given himself over to Fate; on the other hand, that man is...
SENECA If you take a look at Medicare, there are things we could do, not just tort reform but truly reform ...
JOHN HOEVEN Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.
ELIZABETH FRY Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.
EURIPIDES The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itse...
MARK TWAIN At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still...
RODNEY DANGERFIELD If the states and territories do not sign up to fundamental reform, then my message is equally simpl...
KEVIN RUDD A plumber's idea of Cleopatra [Mae West].
W. C. FIELDS If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform.
MARY WILSON LITTLE We will object if the economy is being looted. The question is what type of reforms. If the reforms ...
SITARAM YECHURY I fully expect that Congress will iron out the differences. With Social Security reform a bust, pens...
JAMES KLEIN Additionally, any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries with despicable human rights rec...
MICHAEL MCCAUL I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.
GROVER NORQUIST Intervention can be effective in the short term, but it doesn't do much to arrest the bigger issues....
BOB LYNCH Our manifesto to the British people promised to finish the job of police reform. And that is exactly...
THERESA MAY Life brings the layoffs of storms but what you do after is what makes your life a true blossom of re...
STEVEN ESPINOSA All the punishment in the world will not reform a man, unless he knows that he who inflicts it upon ...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and...
KEVIN MCCARTHY All zeal for a reform, that gives offence
To peace and charity, is mere pretence.
WILLIAM COWPER House conservatives should seek to marry fiscal and ethics reform. It is not enough for us to change...
MIKE PENCE We are confident that it (reform) will happen,
CELSO AMORIM I would advise the middle school reform committee to keep in mind what parents want and students nee...
HEIDI CARTER He believes it's a good idea and a step in the right direction. But he did say he would continue to ...
JANELLE ERICKSON Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not.
OSCAR WILDE Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not
OSCAR WILDE Many people have used the argument that opening up trade leads to political reform and social reform...
ALISON REYNOLDS The biggest single thing China needs to do is build an emergent middle class and domestic consumptio...
PETER NAVARRO That is not America. We need immigration reform that treats people with dignity.
JOE COURTNEY China has undertaken several reforms related to the safety net, healthcare reform, pension reform, e...
ZHOU XIAOCHUAN The paradox is that the Republicans could reform their party before the Democrats do.
MARSHALL WITTMANN What's good for reform is bad for the reformers
LOREN D. ESTLEMAN All zeal for a reform, that gives offenceTo peace and charity, is mere pretence.
WILLIAM COWPER For Republicans, it's politically stupid. It's not 527 reform. It's something that restricts speech.
DAVID KEATING Even small pieces of campaign finance reform are difficult. There's a lot of different interests in ...
DOUG SCOFIELD A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
MORT SAHL A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
MORT SAHL What I'd like to do is be able to work with Democrats to reform current entitlement programs for...
JEB HENSARLING We have to do something to convince our senators that we need a good immigration reform.
CARLOS AVILA Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ...
GERMANY KENT The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you w...
BASHAR AL-ASSAD Change is not reform, any more than noise is music.
SOURCE UNKNOWN You reform those issues that need reforming. You do not do a one-size-fits-all wholesale new creatio...
CHARLES SYMINGTON Those born of God are called to reform their country, for that reason Christians need to have a vict...
SUNDAY ADELAJA It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.
OSCAR WILDE An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away. ~Mae West
LAINA CHARLESTON I don't think either party is the party of radical reform. Both will do evolutionary reform, and in ...
ELLIS KRAUSS Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government.
LINCOLN STEFFENS Reform is 'the biggest dividend' for China.
LI KEQIANG The danger inherent in reform is that the cure may be worse than the disease. Reform is an operatio...
ERIC HOFFER We're going to give them the benefit of the doubt that they will do what they say they are going to ...
TIMOTHY ADAMS This initiative holds great promise for expanding the use of online education for students and educa...
JAMEY FITZPATRICK There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic ...
POPE FRANCIS
More Mae West
She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
MAE WEST I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
MAE WEST Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
MAE WEST Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
MAE WEST I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
MAE WEST A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in.
MAE WEST It's not the men in my life that counts, it's the life in my men.
MAE WEST When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.
MAE WEST Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
MAE WEST So many men, so little time.
MAE WEST Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.
MAE WEST When women go wrong, men go right after them.
MAE WEST It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
MAE WEST I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
MAE WEST Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.
MAE WEST I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
MAE WEST Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST He who hesitates is last.
MAE WEST Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
MAE WEST Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
MAE WEST Sex is an emotion in motion.
MAE WEST Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.
MAE WEST His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
MAE WEST I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.
MAE WEST He who hesitates is a damned fool.
MAE WEST Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
MAE WEST I'm single because I was born that way.
MAE WEST I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.
MAE WEST I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.
MAE WEST A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
MAE WEST My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned,...
MAE WEST When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.
MAE WEST It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
MAE WEST Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now ju...
MAE WEST When I have to choose between two evils, I always try to pick the one I haven't tried before.
MAE WEST Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
MAE WEST You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
MAE WEST It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
MAE WEST My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned,...
MAE WEST There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out.
MAE WEST Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
MAE WEST The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.
MAE WEST I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
MAE WEST I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
MAE WEST You're never too old to become younger
MAE WEST Nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from.
MAE WEST Sex is an emotion in motion
MAE WEST It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
MAE WEST Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
MAE WEST I speak two languages, Body and English.
MAE WEST You are doing your best only when you are trying to improve what you are doing
MAE WEST The best way to behave is to misbehave.
MAE WEST The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
MAE WEST You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.
MAE WEST A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.
MAE WEST When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
MAE WEST You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, ...
MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
MAE WEST To err is human - but it feels divine
MAE WEST An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
MAE WEST There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
MAE WEST Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
MAE WEST I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
MAE WEST Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different.
MAE WEST Men are easy to get but hard to keep.
MAE WEST Few men know how to kiss well. Fortunately, I've always had time to teach them.
MAE WEST Kiss and make up--but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.
MAE WEST I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself
MAE WEST It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.
MAE WEST When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
MAE WEST Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity.
MAE WEST Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.
MAE WEST Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
MAE WEST When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
MAE WEST Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
MAE WEST All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
MAE WEST Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right no...
MAE WEST Sex is emotion in motion.
MAE WEST A man's kiss is his signature.
MAE WEST Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit ...
MAE WEST Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
MAE WEST I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
MAE WEST I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
MAE WEST Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
MAE WEST She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
MAE WEST Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!
MAE WEST You are never too old to become younger!
MAE WEST Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
MAE WEST If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
MAE WEST A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
MAE WEST When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
MAE WEST I used to be Snow White -- but I drifted.
MAE WEST A man in the house is worth two on the street.
MAE WEST I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
MAE WEST A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
MAE WEST I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
MAE WEST Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much eas...
MAE WEST Women with pasts interest men... they hope history will repeat itself.
MAE WEST Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST Saving love doesn't bring any interest.
MAE WEST 'Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening.... Come up. I'll tell your fortun...
MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but no sales at the box office.
MAE WEST You're never too old to become younger.
MAE WEST Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
MAE WEST Don't cry for a man who's left you, the next one may fall for your smile.
MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
MAE WEST Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.
MAE WEST I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
MAE WEST It takes two to get one in trouble.
MAE WEST An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away
MAE WEST Women with "pasts" interest men because men hope that history will repeat itself.
MAE WEST Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but has no sale at the box office.
MAE WEST His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork
MAE WEST Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present.
MAE WEST Love thy neighbor -- and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much ea...
MAE WEST It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.
MAE WEST A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
MAE WEST Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
MAE WEST Cultivate your curves--they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
MAE WEST Look your best--who said love is blind?
MAE WEST You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles...
MAE WEST I like a man who's good, but not too good--for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
MAE WEST Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Mae West: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing.
MAE WEST To err is human, but it feels divine.
MAE WEST A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty--he has suffered longer.
MAE WEST I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
MAE WEST I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
MAE WEST I've been in more laps than a napkin.
MAE WEST Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.
MAE WEST To err is human - but it feels divine.
MAE WEST It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.
MAE WEST Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else
MAE WEST Love conquers all things except poverty and a toothache.
MAE WEST Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache. -Mae West.
MAE WEST It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
MAE WEST Flattery will get you everywhere.
MAE WEST Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
MAE WEST Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.
MAE WEST The best way to find your perfect match is to meet love halfway.
MAE WEST Don't marry a man to reform him--that's what reform schools are for.
MAE WEST When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
MAE WEST Girls, give all your gentlemen friends an even break, even if you have to break them in the attempt.
MAE WEST I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.
MAE WEST Love thy neighbor--and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easi...
MAE WEST Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces.
MAE WEST I've been in more laps than a napkin.
MAE WEST Too many girls follow the line of least resistance--but a good line is hard to resist.
MAE WEST There are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
MAE WEST Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
MAE WEST 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...
MAE WEST I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognise a good party man when I see one
MAE WEST Personally, I like two types of men--domestic and foreign.
MAE WEST He's the kind of man who picks his friends...to pieces.
MAE WEST When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before
MAE WEST You ain't no oil paintin' but you are a fascinatin' monster.
MAE WEST I was Snow White but I drifted.
MAE WEST [Per Alexander Pope (1734):] Vice is a monster of so frightful mien/As to be hated, needs but to be ...
MAE WEST [Nov. 30-Dec. 10:] Dirty Blonde ... I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.
MAE WEST Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury.
MAE WEST Some men are all right in their place--if they only knew the right places!
MAE WEST Success is a two-bladed golden sword; it knights one and stabs one at the same time.
MAE WEST (During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage)Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to ...
MAE WEST Men? Sure, I've known lots of them. But I never found one I liked well enough to marry. Besides, I'v...
MAE WEST Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The non professional volunteer world is ...
MAE WEST Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring.
MAE WEST Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
MAE WEST One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
MAE WEST Ohhhhh! I feel like a million but, I'll take'em one at a time!
MAE WEST I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately. Mae West, You must be awful tired.
MAE WEST I'd give half my life for just one kiss. Mae West: Then kiss me twice.
MAE WEST I only like two kinds of men: domestic and foreign.
MAE WEST I believe in the single standard for men and women.
MAE WEST I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it.
MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but no box office.
MAE WEST A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him two--that's subtraction.
MAE WEST I'm tired, send one of them home
MAE WEST Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you.
MAE WEST Whenever I have to choose between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven't tried before.
MAE WEST I can always tell a lady when I see one. Yeah? What do you tell 'em?
MAE WEST I always say, keep a diary, and some day it'll keep you.
MAE WEST No gold-digging for me... I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
MAE WEST A man in the house is worth two in the street.
MAE WEST I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
MAE WEST Don't come crawlin' to a man for love--he likes to get a run for his money.
MAE WEST A man's kiss is his signature.
MAE WEST Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
MAE WEST I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better.
MAE WEST I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
MAE WEST The score never interested me, only the game.
MAE WEST The curve is more powerful than the sword.
MAE WEST Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
MAE WEST Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
MAE WEST He who hesitates is last
MAE WEST Experience is by far the best teacher. You know, ever since I was a little girl I knew that if you l...
MAE WEST I take it out in the open and laugh at it.
MAE WEST