Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.


Mae West

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DAVID LEISAWITZ
I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately. Mae West, You must be awful tired.
MAE WEST
A plumber's idea of Cleopatra [Mae West].
W. C. FIELDS
How do you do, Miss West? Mae West: How do you do what?
MAE WEST
An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away. ~Mae West
LAINA CHARLESTON
Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache. -Mae West.
MAE WEST
There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire
JOHN LYLY
When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.
MAE WEST
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
JOHN LYLY (LYLIE OR LYLLIE)
Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Mae West: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing.
MAE WEST
Take care in your actions, hunter. There will be many who wish you harm. You stand in the way of man...
M.R. MERRICK
You know how you smoke out a sniper? You send a guy out in the open, and you see if he gets shot. Th...
SAMUEL FULLER
I'd give half my life for just one kiss. Mae West: Then kiss me twice.
MAE WEST
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough
MAE WEST
A lot of the other teams that we play do have ladies that are, like, in their 50s.
DEBBIE BAKER
Lady Caroline: As far as I can make out, the young women of the present day seem to make it the sole...
OSCAR WILDE
I remember when I did the pilot, and I though no network is going to want to do this. How could that...
DAVID CARRADINE
When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
UNKNOWN
[PARIS (Reuters) - A fire in the Paris Metro on Saturday caused light injuries to about 15 people, m...
LAURENT VIBERT
Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
ABIGAIL VAN BUREN
Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;<...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
All that sadness. All that anger. It is the smoke that gets into your eyes. If you do not blow it aw...
ANTHONY HOROWITZ
We almost made love with fire, fire in our eyes, fire in our souls, and even in our bones.
TAMARA STAMENKOVIC
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
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
ALEXANDER POPE
The colour or intensity of a smoke doesn’t determine the type of fire that forms the smoke.
AGBOR JENET
Using cold facts and figures, leaders throughout the West must become more transparent with their ci...
VICTOR PONTA
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality ser...
WILLIAM BENNETT
Where there's smoke, there's fire
AMERICAN PROVERB
If there is a smoke, there is a fire, the saying goes, That is quite true, but one should find what ...
TARIQ RAMADAN
She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers eyes. Being ve...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes, Being ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes, Being v...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged a fire sparkling in lovers eyes, being vex...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Before the Great Chicago Fire, no one took notice of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, two Irish im...
KAREN ABBOTT
I'm thrilled with the way these young ladies stepped on the field and play. They should not hang the...
RENEE HEIDGER
Fire is next akin to smoke.
PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS
Two carriages were hit by a fire which gave off a large plume of smoke. We have about 15 light injur...
LAURENT VIBERT
Still, most parents who smoke ardently hope that their children do not smoke. Public health educator...
CHRISTINE JACKSON
We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.
HARRY EDWARDS
I am the blood of the dragon. I must be strong. I must have fire in my eyes when I face them, not te...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
If it's IN you to climb you must -- there are those who MUST lift their eyes to the hills -- they ca...
L.M. MONTGOMERY
Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a go...
WARREN BUFFETT
In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous crimes, ... Nevada Newsm...
OSCAR GOODMAN
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must partici...
TAHAR BEN JELLOUN
Mae: I've been asked to get married lots of times. Rae: Who asked you? Mae: Mom and Dad. Lots of...
UNKNOWN
There must always be those with the fire of rebellion in their blood! There must always be those who...
STAN LEE
The greatest fight is when you are fighting in the smoke and cannot see with your eyes.
MARK HELPRIN
I distinctly remember him saying, 'Do you kids want to ride over to Tulsa with me?' ... And we all p...
DAVID HAYES
Documentary evidence says where there is smoke there is fire, be it holy smoke or otherwise.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
I remember her eyes with joy -- you will [remember] with fear,
DAVID GRAHAM
The thing that I really look for in people is enthusiasm and excitement and, not to sound really sap...
RACHEL ZOE
A lot of the ladies smoke the guys. And they shoot from the same line. It's quite comical sometimes....
JASON SPARKS
(During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage)Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to ...
MAE WEST
Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.
ROBERT HEINLEIN
She never smoked and that gets to the issue of secondhand smoke.
COREY MILLER
Terrorism, ladies and gentlemen, in my eyes I have a very, very, very simple explanation. Gangs of c...
HAMID KARZAI
We're a second set of eyes when it comes to fire, a second set when it comes to electrical. We rely ...
GEOFF LUEBKEMANN
Our lightweights did a good job tonight. They all went out with fire in their eyes. The matches were...
JASON STEVENSON
He (Wallace) has fire in his eyes and wants go out a a winner.
LARRY MCREYNOLDS
I saw the fire in his eyes at halftime. He took the team on his shoulders.
ROB PAVINELLI
We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels th...
ROALD AMUNDSEN
Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
COLONEL SAMUEL PRESCOTT
Farmers with their tractors, trucks, equipment, just their hands and the ladies with food.
BILL BISHOP
He sat beside the window in the dark, with his eyes closed. Hearing to the sound of the rain. The wh...
AKSHAY VASU
You cannot play with fire.
AL-WALEED BIN TALAL
It’s more common for people to get fire tattoos. Symbols of passion, transformation, change. But I...
KATE MEADER
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Those in the West who have adopted Christ as their own should remember that he was an Oriental. Love...
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA
The fire is north, south and west.
DON NORTH
I must say that I could see in their eyes that they felt like they had crossed a Rubicon,
GORDON GEE
Honestly, the ladies who come in here generally work a little harder than the guys. Boxing is a man'...
CARLOS DUNCAN
I was walking up there and we could smell the smoke and I went in with a fire extinguisher and hit w...
BOB WEBER
Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.
UNKNOWN
Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
We all know what happens to first ladies who shoot their mouths off.
MARIA SHRIVER
Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched.
CERVANTES
A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a pla...
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
Who writes your name in letters of smoke among the stars of the south?
Oh let me remember you a...
PABLO NERUDA
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Smoke alarms are critical. They're in your home- constantly sniffing your home for smoke. So while y...
BRUCE GARNER
Sometimes what’s dead must be burned away to make room for new life. Sometimes you just have to st...
CRISTEN RODGERS
In the eyes of man, we were known as human beings. In the eyes of the Gods, we were their sons. Hist...
ENRIQUE VEGA
I smelled smoke and my first thought was that my house was on fire. When I got outside, I could see ...
JACK ELLIOTT
The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.
JOAN MIRO
Despite the drop in house fire deaths, there has been no improvement in getting homeowners to mainta...
GARY MITCHELL
First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers.
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sophia Loren plays peasants. I play ladies.
GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA
I think the song itself, 'Smoke and Fire,' is just a metaphor for the feelings that you feel...
SABRINA CARPENTER
Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds ~ Albert Einstein
ALBERT EINSTEIN
History will remember women who stood side by side with their husband in good and hard times.
MATTHIAS PANTALEON
From each one of them rose separate columns of smoke, meeting in a pall overhead, and through the sm...
PHILIP GIBBS
West Georgia is very athletic, and you have to earn everything because they play great defense. We m...
DON HOGAN
There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-...
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Writing is dreaming with your eyes open — and your heart on fire.
DON ROFF
Look for the fire and put it off. Stop worrying about the smoke
SOTONYE ANGA
She was up and down—from fire and brimstone to smoke and ashes.
JOHN GREEN
To be poetic is how u get somebody as a girl around you...

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DEYTH BANGER

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
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
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.
MAE WEST