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)