THE WIT OF WEST

Mae West (New York,1893 - Hollywood,1980)
This gal had such a wit! And she wrote more then one of her scripts. I mean if a guy need to talk about women with one, we should give her a try. As today, she's in heaven (or somewhere else) but here in Guelyland is time for remembering her. Should i confess that i never have seen one of her movies? That's a mistake i promise to fix as soon as possible. Ladies and Germs! I give you Miss Mae West!!!

It's better to be looked over than overlooked.

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

A hard man is good to find.


I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.

I like my clothes to be tight enough to show I'm a woman... but loose enough to show I'm a lady

I've been rich and I've been poor... Believe me, rich is better

Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.

Men are my life, diamonds are my career!

"Goodness, what beautiful diamonds !" Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie

Good sex is like good Bridge... If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

The score never interested me, only the game.

When women go wrong, men go right after them!

When caught between two evils I generally pick the one I've never tried before.

Look your best - who said love is blind?

When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad, I'm better.


Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.

Marriage is a great institution. I'm not ready for an institution, yet.

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

It's not the man in your life that counts. It's the life in your man.

Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?


I've been in more laps than a napkin.

You're never too old to become younger.

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

If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.


Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.

I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

The curve is more powerful than the sword.

Don't ever make the same mistake twice, unless it pays.


I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

Don't marry a man to reform him. That's what reform schools are for.

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


I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.

It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere else.

Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.

I speak two languages, Body and English.

I do all my writing in bed; everybody knows I do my best work there.


To err is human, but it feels divine.

Few men know how to kiss well. Fortunately, I've always had time to teach them.

I always save one boyfriend for a rainy day . . . and another in case it doesn't rain.


Why don't you come sometime and see me? I'm home every evening . . . Come up, and I'll tell your fortune.

I freely chose the kind of life I led because I was convinced that a woman has as much right as a man to live the way she does if she does no actual harm to society.

All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.

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

It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.

Men are easy to get but hard to keep.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.