I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it.
Mae West (1892–1980) American film actress
(Attributed)
Quotations by:
West, Mae
He who hesitates is last.
Mae West (1892–1980) American film actress
(Attributed)
You’re never too old to become younger.
Mae West (1892–1980) American film actress
(Attributed)
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.
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)
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)
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)
When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.
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.
FRISCO DOLL: Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Mae West (1892–1980) American film actress
Klondike Annie (1936)