If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
- Mae West
Search, Someone, Would, Asked
Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.
- Mae West
Long, Sure, Somewhere Else, Answer
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
- Mae West
Avoid, Unless, Resist, Temptation
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
- Mae West
Worry, Diet, About, Diets
Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
- Mae West
Love, Will, Thy, Devastating
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
Laws, Break, Then, Now And Then
Look your best - who said love is blind?
- Mae West
Love, Best, Blind, Love Is
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
- Mae West
Love, Toothache, Things, Conquers
Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
- Mae West
Black, Big, Audience, Orchestra
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
- Mae West
Rain, Dating, Rainy, Case
She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
- Mae West
She, Kind, Ladder, Climbed
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
- Mae West
Funny, Snow, White, Snow White
I've been in more laps than a napkin.
- Mae West
More, Been, Napkin, Laps
Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
- Mae West
Good, A Good Thing, Too, Taxing
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
- Mae West
Performance, Pounds, Ounce, Promises
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
- Mae West
Get, Likely, Tied, Dame
I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.
- Mae West
Stage, Broadway, Courtroom, Amusing
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
- Mae West
Will, Like, Getting, Bald
Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
- Mae West
Waiting, Men, Door, Send
I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
- Mae West
Believe, Fortune, Made, I Believe
I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
- Mae West
Better, Over, Looked, I Believe
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
- Mae West
Funny, Never, Always, Between
I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.
- Mae West
Like, Far, Too, Restraint
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
- Mae West
Me, Meet, Figure, Protect
I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
- Mae West
Curves, Discover, Only, Uncovered
Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
- Mae West
Reward, Own, Sale, Box Office
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
- Mae West
Doing, Worth, Anything, Slowly
I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
- Mae West
Lady, Model, Real Thing, Imitation
Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
- Mae West
Run, Give, Over, Hand
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
- Mae West
Marriage, Great, Ready, Institution
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
Will, How, Four, Five
Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.
- Mae West
Think, Very, Films, Censorship
Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
- Mae West
Woman, Ring, Give, Knocks
Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
- Mae West
Want, Cover, About, Multitude
Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
- Mae West
Never, Caught, Take, Evils
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
- Mae West
Always, Like, Before, Evils
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
- Mae West
Better, Over, Looked, Overlooked
I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
- Mae West
Woman, Very, Lots, Few
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
- Mae West
Wonderful, A Good Thing, Too, Good Thing
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
- Mae West
Men, Like, Domestic, Imported
Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.
- Mae West
Personally, Domestic, Types, Foreign
It takes two to get one in trouble.
- Mae West
Two, Get, Takes, Trouble
A man's kiss is his signature.
- Mae West
Romantic, Signature, His, Kiss
Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.
- Mae West
Man, Marry, Reform, Schools
He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
- Mae West
Marriage, Woman, Would, Rid
Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
- Mae West
More, Should, Easily, Shocked
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
- Mae West
He, Who, Hesitates, Fool
His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
- Mae West
Mother, Should, His, Kept
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
- Mae West
Best, Man, Best Way, Arms
All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
- Mae West
Chance, Second Chance, Given, Somebody
I speak two languages, Body and English.
- Mae West
Body, English, Languages, Speak
Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
- Mae West
Curves, May, Avoided, Cultivate
It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
- Mae West
Life, Men, My Life, Count
Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
- Mae West
You, Diary, Keep, Someday
I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
- Mae West
Always, Diary, Keep, Someday
Sex is emotion in motion.
- Mae West
Motion, Emotion, Sex
I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
- Mae West
Twice, Sure, Times, Try
Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
- Mae West
Love, Art, Instinct, Emotion
To err is human, but it feels divine.
- Mae West
Failure, Feels, Err
A man in the house is worth two in the street.
- Mae West
Man, House, Two, Street
I've been things and seen places.
- Mae West
Been, Things, Seen, Places
The score never interested me, only the game.
- Mae West
Game, Me, Never, Score
I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
- Mae West
Better, See, Still, I See
A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
- Mae West
Man, Leave, Hundred, Dollars
Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.
- Mae West
Important, Most, Actress
A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.
- Mae West
Love, Woman, She, Reasonable
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
- Mae West
Right, Only, Once, Enough
I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
- Mae West
Die, Like, Too, Hate
I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
- Mae West
Men, Only, Needs, Yes
Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
- Mae West
Time, Nothing, Come, Lots
It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
- Mae West
Funny, You, Hard, Clean
I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
- Mae West
Never, Person, Another, Loved
When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
- Mae West
Good, Better, Very, Bad
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
- Mae West
Men, Go, Them, Women
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