Today would have been Mae West’s 115th Birthday. Though, she would’ve passed for a young, err, 80?
Mae’s Words of Wisdom
A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up.
A hard man is good to find.
A man in the house is worth two in the street.
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
Any time you’ve got nothing to do and lots of time to do it come on up.
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Cultivate your curves – they may be dangerous but they won’t be avoided.
Don’t keep a man guessing too long – he’s sure to find the answer somewhere else.
Don’t marry a man to reform him – that’s what reform schools are for.
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can’t figure out what from.
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
He’s the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
I believe that it’s better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
I didn’t discover curves; I only uncovered them.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.
I like a man who’s good, but not too good – for the good die young, and I hate a dead one
I like restraint, if it doesn’t go too far.
I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
I only have ‘yes’ men around me. Who needs ‘no’ men?
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
I speak two languages, Body and English.
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
I’m a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
I’ve been in more laps than a napkin.
If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
It ain’t no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don’t break any.
One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
To err is human, but it feels divine.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
When I’m good I’m very, very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.
