WIST Quotations

West, Mae -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it.

Mae West (1892-1980) American film actress
(Attributed)

West, Mae -- (Attributed)

Dave — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:45:29 +0000

He who hesitates is last.

Mae West (1892-1980) American film actress
(Attributed)

West, Mae -- (Attributed)

Dave — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:29:45 +0000

You’re never too old to become younger.

Mae West (1892-1980) American film actress
(Attributed)

West, Mae -- Every Day’s a Holiday (movie) [Larmadou Graves] (1937)

Dave — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:59:24 +0000

You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini.

Mae West (1892-1980) American film actress
Every Day’s a Holiday (movie) [Larmadou Graves] (1937)

West both starred in the film (as the recipient of this line, Peaches O'Day) and wrote the screenplay. Often attributed to Robert Benchley, who used the line in a film a few years later, and claimed he got it from a joke book. Also attributed to Groucho Marx.

West, Mae -- Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It: The Autobiography of Mae West (1959)

Dave — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:14:32 +0000

Makeup is not beauty. When artfully applied, it merely enhances what’s already there — the red paint on the fire engine.

Mae West (1892-1980) American film actress
Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It: The Autobiography of Mae West (1959)

West, Mae -- Goodness Had Nothing To Do With It, ch. 21 (1959)

Dave — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:06:59 +0000

A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty. He has suffered longer, and the more love, the more suffering, the more character.

Mae West (1892-1980) American film actress
Goodness Had Nothing To Do With It, ch. 21 (1959)
(Source)

West, Mae -- Goodness Had Nothing To Do With It, ch. 21 (1959)

Dave — Thu, 05 May 2022 18:06:40 +0000

Life often begins after dark, and I’ve found too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

Mae West (1892-1980) American film actress
Goodness Had Nothing To Do With It, ch. 21 (1959)
(Source)

West, Mae -- I’m No Angel (1933)

Dave — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:18:07 +0000

When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.

Mae West (1892-1980) American film actress
I’m No Angel (1933)
(Source)

West, Mae -- I’m No Angel [Tira] (1933)

Dave — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:39:39 +0000

Marriage is a great institution — but I’m not ready for an institution.

Mae West (1892-1980) American film actress
I’m No Angel [Tira] (1933)

West played the character and wrote the screenplay.

West, Mae -- Klondike Annie (1936)

Dave — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 20:38:35 +0000

FRISCO DOLL: Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

Mae West (1892-1980) American film actress
Klondike Annie (1936)