Mae West

Mae West (1893 - 1980), born Mary Jane West, was a US stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol. She was known for her breezy sexual independence, and her lighthearted bawdy double entendres, often delivered in a husky contralto voice.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Why don't you come up sometime, 'n see me?

- She Done Him Wrong

• Between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.

- Klondike Annie

• When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad I'm better.

- I'm No Angel

• Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

- quoted in Joseph Weintraub, ed., The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West

• It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.

- quoted in Joseph Weintraub, ed., The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West

• I used to be Snow White - but I drifted.

- quoted in Joseph Weintraub, ed., The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West

• 'Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!'

'Goodness had nothing to do with it dearie.'
- Diamond Lil

• A man in the house is worth two in the streets.

- Belle of the Nineties

• I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

- My Little Chickadee, movie

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