Experience is by far the best teacher. You know, ever since I was a little girl I knew that if you look both ways when you cross the street, you'll see a lot more than traffic.
Mae West
Related ever since I met you I have admired you more than any girl...I have ever met since...I met you. OSCAR WILDE Once upon a time they was two girls," I say. "one girl had black skin, one girl had white." Mae... KATHRYN STOCKETT I couldn't believe it. We were just driving on Route 422 heading west into Lebanon when this girl ca... ANTHONY FARRISI Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU i was the never the girl who thought i need to make sure i look like all the other girl. i think you... SELENA GóMEZ Life is like crossing the street, look both ways and you won't get hit. STEVE RAY COLLINS I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately. Mae West, You must be awful tired. MAE WEST The traffic, follow the traffic. When you see a lot of traffic at a place, that means cheaper gas. JERRY BUTLER The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't... DINAH SHORE Since he knew things at the beginning, maybe at the end he knew things too. That we had gone as far ... HILARY THAYER HAMANN . . . at this season, the blossom is out in full now, there in the west early. It's a plum tree, it ... DENNIS POTTER I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you'... BECKY G We know the direction we're headed in isn't working, and I think you wouldn't all be here if you did... ALEX GRAZIANI I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change noth... STEPHEN HAWKING Coconut water is just the best for you; it's always something we had in Brazil. Since I was a li... ADRIANA LIMA I love you, Missy girl. Even if I can't be with you, know that I'm here. So, that's it. More than th... CHELSEA M. CAMERON I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention... DEREK JETER If you look at my career and you look at the span of my work and the things I have done, as far as t... JAY-Z I said to him, 'You know, I found that story very interesting. You see, President Putin, I think you... A. BUSH The most glorious moment you will ever experience in your life is when you look back and see how God... SHANNON L. ALDER (During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage)Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to ... MAE WEST The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind happiness not always... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI How do you do, Miss West? Mae West: How do you do what? MAE WEST The best relationships -- the ones that last -- are frequently the ones
that are rooted in friendshi... GILLIAN ANDERSON Ah, Macy Joleen O'James, I love you. More than I ever knew it was possible to love someone. I want t... SUSAN ANDERSEN I have gotten a lot more attention than...other women that I find incredibly beautiful. And this has... SALMA HAYEK I have gotten a lot more attention than...other women that I find incredibly beautiful. And this has... SALMA HAYEK The issue is they don't want a cross street to be more than a cross street. BOB STROH The truth is, when you have little to do, you do very little. But when you have much to do, you do m... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH There was a lot of truck traffic. You don't expect trucks to use alternate routes. But there was a l... BOB MCKENZIE Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Mae West: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing. MAE WEST It seems to me that the best relationships, the ones that last, are frequently the ones rooted in fr... JEFFREY BELL It was a hidden store, you couldn't see us from the street. If you didn't know about us, you didn't ... JULIA PORTERA I look at you and see all the ways a soul can bruise, and I wish I could sink my hands into your fle... SHINJI MOON When I learn that I know nothing, I realize I know more than I ever knew before. JIM GENOVESE You can’t expect to go both ways when you’re driving on a one-way street. BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a ... SCOTT LYNCH crooked smile (and say), 'You're going over there, huh?' Be careful.' OK, how do you suggest I do th... COLIN QUINN I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and... CHELSEA KANE Symmetry is only a property of dead things. Did you ever see a tree or a mountain that was symmetric... LOUIS DE BERNIèRES I do know the Spelling family. I worked for Aaron Spelling when I was a brunette. I've known them si... LONI ANDERSON Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise. GEORGE GERSHWIN I gave myself to you sooner than I ever did to any man, I swear to you; and do you know why? Because... ALEXANDRE DUMAS FILS The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be ... CATHY MORIARTY I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone... AMY CHUA I promise to stand by you, to hold you up when you’re about to fall, and to always keep you safe. ... J. STERLING I think if we are talking about safety, the worst thing we could do is put a stop sign there. The mo... BOB PETERSON When I was a little girl at school, I really wanted to be Katie or Sarah or Sophie. When you're ... VIVA BIANCA For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday ... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON It was bad. The little girl had two black eyes. She looked more like a little boy than a little girl... AWILDA CORDERO It's okay. You're going to save me, Miss Maylene." The girl gave her a genuine look of happiness. "I... MELISSA MARR I do know the Spelling family. I worked for Aaron Spelling when I was a brunette. I've known the... LONI ANDERSON I think everything you do in life is a learning experience. EMERAUDE TOUBIA Do you not understand?” he whispered. “I have never belonged to anyone. Not since I was a child.... KRISTEN CALLIHAN You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconcei... DORIS LESSING You're yourself," Tana said, grinning. "More purely yourself than anyone I know. And if you can't se... HOLLY BLACK When you walk out in the garden and you remember it is a memorial to a really young girl that was ki... ROSS THOMPSON The Olympics are not only about the medals -- it's also about sharing a very special experience with... JOHNNY FLOWERS You grow up quick when you're a kid from Queens, riding the subway by yourself, ... You see things. ... JON DANIELS I thought I was stronger than a word, but I just discovered that having to say goodbye to you is by ... COLLEEN HOOVER What's weird is when you mean a lot more to somebody else than they ever meant to you. I mean, a who... CATHERINE RYAN HYDE Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is... BARBARA PARK You can convert this human system into absolute receptivity, where you can perceive life in ways tha... SADHGURU I loved you. I was a pentapod monster, but I loved you. I was despicable and brutal, and turpid, and... VLADIMIR NABOKOV When I look back on it now, I am so glad that the one thing that I had in my life was my belief that... NEVE CAMPBELL Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that... GILLIAN ANDERSON Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that... GILLIAN ANDERSON If you don't have a policeman to stop traffic and let you walk across the street like you are somebo... JOHN C. WHITE If you look at CREW you see nothing more than a shill for the Democratic Party. DAN RONAYNE Ever since I was a little girl, I've worried too much. It always bothers me because sometimes yo... PENELOPE CRUZ Do you remember when I first told you that we were different--that we were meant to be together?" Em... CHANTELLE NAY The first house I bought was a little Spanish bungalow on Clinton Street in West Hollywood, right be... ELLEN DEGENERES It is a little bit humiliating when I have to say that Chou En-lai to me appears as the most superio... DAG HAMMARSKJOLD Thomas thought about how he’d always felt a connection to her, ever since she arrived in the Glade... JAMES DASHNER See, almost every single one of you raised your hands. I also was teased when I was a little younger... CARA NESS See, almost every single one of you raised your hands. I also was teased when I was a little younger... CARA VAN NESS You can learn more from the lows than the highs. The highs are great but the lows make you really lo... WAYNE ROONEY Forgive me if I stare, I knew you were young, but even then I was expecting someone a little more, w... CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI I'm sure there are close calls that we're not even aware of hundreds of times a year. You cr... SETH MACFARLANE You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of c... GIACOMO CASANOVA It is far more likely that you will die from a heart attack caused by eating a lot of beef than you ... CAROLINE SMITH DEWAAL When you're in a position to be paparazzi-ed just walking down the street, you'd look a litt... VICTORIA BECKHAM Hanna, I don't know if I've ever wanted something more than I want you. CHRISTINA LAUREN Thanks to April,” she whispered, “you have the wedding you’ve dreamed about ever since you wer... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was playe... EDEN HAZARD Life's a game with simple rules: you try your best, see how far you can get, then enjoy being better... FAURE HU I knew that in Hollywood they tend to pigeonhole talent, and when you experience a little success in... F. GARY GRAY When you make a film, if you are an insider, you're usually the last person to know that your film i... SHAH RUKH KHAN I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more ... GABRIEL IGLESIAS When you read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you tha... CLIFTON FADIMAN When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you ... CLIFTON FADIMAN When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you ... CLIFF FADIMAN When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in YOU th... CLIFTON FADIMAN When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you ... CLIFF FADIMAN When I learned that I know nothing, I realized I knew more now than I ever did before. JIM GENOVESE Goodwill is something you put away like preserves, for a rainy day, for winter, for lean times, and ... REBECCA SOLNIT
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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. 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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 Do not marry a man to reform him. That is what reform schools are for. 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 I take it out in the open and laugh at it. MAE WEST