thou shalt not conform when thou could blaze thy own path..
Mae West : The Woman Who Has The Last Words
American film actress. Born 1892. Died 1980.
A woman to reckon with. For entertainment only.
Golden Quotes, use at will, but will not be responsible for the consequences :
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.
I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
Once you're boned, what's left to create the illusion? Let 'em wonder. I never believed in giving them too much of me.
There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
Good sex is like good Bridge... If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand
I like two kinds of men: domestic and imported
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day, and another, in case it doesn't rain
Those who are easily shocked... should be shocked more often
Why don't you come on up and see me sometime.. when I've got nothin' on but the radio.
So many men, so little time.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
I only like two kinds of men: domestic and foreign.
I've been in more laps than a napkin.
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
Once, during a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage, the judge asked, "Miss West, are you trying to show contempt for this court?" She answered, "On the contrary, your Honor, I was doin' my best to conceal it."
I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better.
It's better to be looked over than overlooked.
Her Movie Lines :
From She Done Him Wrong
Cary Grant slaps cuffs on her.
MW: "Those absolutely necessary? You know, I wasn't born with them."
Grant: "All those men would have been a lot safer if you had."
MW: "I don't know . . . hands ain't everything."
Cary Grant: "You bad girl. . . ."
MW: "You'll find out. . . ."
From Night After Night
Woman: Goodness, what beautiful diamonds
MW: Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
From Nightclub Act
"I feel like a million tonight. But one at a time."
From I'm No Angel
MW: "I had to shoot a lion once."
Lady: "Really? Was he mad?"
MW: "Well he wasn't exactly pleased about it."
Man: "You've been awfully kind ... I'll never forget you."
MW: "No one ever does."
Man: "Do you mind if I get personal?"
MW: "Go right ahead. I don't mind if you get familiar ..."
Man: "You were wonderful tonight."
MW: "I'm always wonderful at night."
Man: "Tonight I thought you were especially good."
MW: "When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better."
Man: "If I could only trust you ..."
MW: "You can ... hundreds have."
Man: "I'm crazy about you."
MW: "I did my best to make you that way."
Man: "What are you thinking about?"
MW: "Same thing you are ..."
From Belle of the Nineties
Man: "Are you in town for good?"
MW: "I expect to be here, but not for good."
Man: "You're the kind of woman I've dreamed about ... always desired. I'm wild about you."
MW: "Some of the wildest men make the best pets."
MW: "Don't let a man put anything over on ya 'cept an umbrella."
From Goin' To Town
Man: "You ain't scared of me 'cause they say I'm a bad man?"
MW: "I'm a good woman for a bad man."
Judge: "Let me remind you to look out for crooks."
MW: "Let the crooks look out for themselves."
Man: "I'll look after the cattle and the men for you."
MW: "Just the cattle ... I'll take care of the men."
Man is shocked by Cleo's bold courtship, and warns her that she can't get a man with a gun.
MW: "Oh yea?"
MW: "We're intellectual opposites."
Ivan: "What do you mean?"
MW: "I'm intellectual and your opposite."
Ivan (bristling): "I'm an aristocrat, and the backbone of my family."
MW: "Your family ought to see a chiropractor."
Snob: "Speaking of relatives, Mrs. Colton, have your ancestors ever been traced?"
MW: "Why yes, but they were too smart - they couldn't trace 'em."
Misc
Man: Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you.
MW: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing.
Man: I'd give half my life for just one kiss.
MW: Then kiss me twice.
Man: How do you do, Miss West?
MW: How do you do what?
Man: I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately.
MW: You must be awful tired.
I tell u, with grandma like this, who needs television?!?
"if you don't have good stories to tell on your deathbed, what good was living?" - Sandra Bullock
A woman to reckon with. For entertainment only.
Golden Quotes, use at will, but will not be responsible for the consequences :
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.
I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
Once you're boned, what's left to create the illusion? Let 'em wonder. I never believed in giving them too much of me.
There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
Good sex is like good Bridge... If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand
I like two kinds of men: domestic and imported
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day, and another, in case it doesn't rain
Those who are easily shocked... should be shocked more often
Why don't you come on up and see me sometime.. when I've got nothin' on but the radio.
So many men, so little time.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
I only like two kinds of men: domestic and foreign.
I've been in more laps than a napkin.
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
Once, during a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage, the judge asked, "Miss West, are you trying to show contempt for this court?" She answered, "On the contrary, your Honor, I was doin' my best to conceal it."
I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better.
It's better to be looked over than overlooked.
Her Movie Lines :
From She Done Him Wrong
Cary Grant slaps cuffs on her.
MW: "Those absolutely necessary? You know, I wasn't born with them."
Grant: "All those men would have been a lot safer if you had."
MW: "I don't know . . . hands ain't everything."
Cary Grant: "You bad girl. . . ."
MW: "You'll find out. . . ."
From Night After Night
Woman: Goodness, what beautiful diamonds
MW: Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
From Nightclub Act
"I feel like a million tonight. But one at a time."
From I'm No Angel
MW: "I had to shoot a lion once."
Lady: "Really? Was he mad?"
MW: "Well he wasn't exactly pleased about it."
Man: "You've been awfully kind ... I'll never forget you."
MW: "No one ever does."
Man: "Do you mind if I get personal?"
MW: "Go right ahead. I don't mind if you get familiar ..."
Man: "You were wonderful tonight."
MW: "I'm always wonderful at night."
Man: "Tonight I thought you were especially good."
MW: "When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better."
Man: "If I could only trust you ..."
MW: "You can ... hundreds have."
Man: "I'm crazy about you."
MW: "I did my best to make you that way."
Man: "What are you thinking about?"
MW: "Same thing you are ..."
From Belle of the Nineties
Man: "Are you in town for good?"
MW: "I expect to be here, but not for good."
Man: "You're the kind of woman I've dreamed about ... always desired. I'm wild about you."
MW: "Some of the wildest men make the best pets."
MW: "Don't let a man put anything over on ya 'cept an umbrella."
From Goin' To Town
Man: "You ain't scared of me 'cause they say I'm a bad man?"
MW: "I'm a good woman for a bad man."
Judge: "Let me remind you to look out for crooks."
MW: "Let the crooks look out for themselves."
Man: "I'll look after the cattle and the men for you."
MW: "Just the cattle ... I'll take care of the men."
Man is shocked by Cleo's bold courtship, and warns her that she can't get a man with a gun.
MW: "Oh yea?"
MW: "We're intellectual opposites."
Ivan: "What do you mean?"
MW: "I'm intellectual and your opposite."
Ivan (bristling): "I'm an aristocrat, and the backbone of my family."
MW: "Your family ought to see a chiropractor."
Snob: "Speaking of relatives, Mrs. Colton, have your ancestors ever been traced?"
MW: "Why yes, but they were too smart - they couldn't trace 'em."
Misc
Man: Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you.
MW: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing.
Man: I'd give half my life for just one kiss.
MW: Then kiss me twice.
Man: How do you do, Miss West?
MW: How do you do what?
Man: I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately.
MW: You must be awful tired.
I tell u, with grandma like this, who needs television?!?
"if you don't have good stories to tell on your deathbed, what good was living?" - Sandra Bullock
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