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


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His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork
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An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away. ~Mae West
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Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache. -Mae West.
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When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.
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Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Mae West: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing.
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No Saint has ever thrown away his halo!
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough
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When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.
ENGLISH PROVERB
I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately. Mae West, You must be awful tired.
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I got him to the mat and kept dropping elbows on him. I kept hammering away at him, and he never rea...
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I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But ...
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Ever afternoon, me and Baby Girl set in the. rocking chair before her nap. Ever afternoon, I tell he...
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Three fishers went sailing away to the west, Away to the west as the sun went down; Each thoug...
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It just kept moving further and further west,
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Sanford was phenomenal. He kept us in the game and he's been doing that of late. We should have come...
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He was struck dumb at the words though he should not be surprised; his wife kept him in a perpetual ...
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His training has kept him sharp,
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There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I ...
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I'm really proud of him. Mike just kept coming back for his team. He worked harder than anyone in th...
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He is under contract. He has refused to render his services, and so we have not paid him for his ser...
STEVE PATTERSON
Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a go...
WARREN BUFFETT
I will tell the stork-man.
TAMORA PIERCE
Is not he? I had him along for his books and potions, and kept him for his character. Profundities o...
MICHELLE FRANKLIN
He kept him as the apple of his eye.
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The Mole and His Mother A mole, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: I am sure tha...
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Saddam's fate should be in the hands of his country men. They were the major victims of his brut...
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I'm psyched to see him finish on a high note. But I really would have liked to have thrown a wrench ...
BILL DEMONG
He should have been dragged through streets ... and thrown into a bottomless pit.
FERDONE QERKEZI
(During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage)Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to ...
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I RAISED AN EYEBROW AT HIM, AND HE STUCK OUT HIS TONGUE AND CROSSED HIS EYES WHEN JOSH TURNED AWAY F...
JAMES PATTERSON
He didn't lose his cool. He kept on playing and making shots. He cares so much, and for him to have ...
GREG PATTON
They kept pushing him to do his best.
CHERYL MORRIS
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The condition of the black race, their pain, their wounds, would in his mind become merged with his ...
BARRACK OBAMA
Three fishers went sailing away to the west,/ Away to the west as the sun went down.
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We didn't pay as much attention to McCrae as we should have and he popped out on us. He kept on gett...
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You could definitely smell the alcohol on him. Multiple detectives spoke to him, and his story kept ...
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One should respect his motherland, his culture and his mother tongue because they are givers of happ...
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When I try to get work in the US all they say is that I need to lose weight - but I bet they never s...
CHARLOTTE CHURCH
I kept calling to try and go out with her. Her mother kept screening the calls.
MARK OTIS
It was a pretty good pitch. I think [Jones] was looking for it. How he hit that ball -- yeah, I shou...
FREDDY GARCIA
His tiredness hurt so much it kept him awake.
JONATHAN FRANZEN
I don't think they should have thrown out the baby with the bath water,
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I saw how, when my brother smoked reefer, it made my mother cry. He was 16 at the time. And I saw th...
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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away ... A man should wait...
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Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
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Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
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Every girl should use what mother nature gives her before father time takes it away.
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About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the st...
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And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages,...
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The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
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I've loved what I could and thrown it all all away
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Everybody came out OK except my mother. She was in the back seat and was thrown into the windshield.
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Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him ...
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Gifts should be handed, not thrown
DANISH PROVERB
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed...
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A few moments later Mom opened my door and peered in at me. "Logan Hansen is here to see you."
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If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.
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Why produce garbage when it is thrown away all the same
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Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.
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The only bird that gives the poor a real tumble is the stork
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Dreams are ideas where the collar has been removed and the leash has been thrown away.
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More Mae West

She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
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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.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
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A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in.
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It's not the men in my life that counts, it's the life in my men.
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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.
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Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.
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When women go wrong, men go right after them.
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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.
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I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
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Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
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He who hesitates is last.
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
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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.
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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.
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I'm single because I was born that way.
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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.
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A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
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My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned,...
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When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.
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It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now ju...
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When I have to choose between two evils, I always try to pick the one I haven't tried before.
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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.
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It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
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My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned,...
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There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out.
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Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
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The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.
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I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
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I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
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You're never too old to become younger
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Nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from.
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Sex is an emotion in motion
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
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I speak two languages, Body and English.
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You are doing your best only when you are trying to improve what you are doing
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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.
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When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
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You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, ...
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
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To err is human - but it feels divine
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
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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.
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Few men know how to kiss well. Fortunately, I've always had time to teach them.
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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.
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Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity.
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Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.
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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.
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Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right no...
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Sex is emotion in motion.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
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Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
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She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
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Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!
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You are never too old to become younger!
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Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
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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.
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When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
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I used to be Snow White -- but I drifted.
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A man in the house is worth two on the street.
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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much eas...
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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...
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sales at the box office.
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You're never too old to become younger.
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Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
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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.
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Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
MAE WEST
Cultivate your curves--they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
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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...
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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.
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[Per Alexander Pope (1734):] Vice is a monster of so frightful mien/As to be hated, needs but to be ...
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[Nov. 30-Dec. 10:] Dirty Blonde ... I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.
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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
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.
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