More from Mae West
I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.
Mae WestMae West I don’t know a lot about politics, but I can recognise a good party man when I see one.
Mae WestMae West Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
Mae WestMae West Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action.
Mae WestMae West Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I’m tired.
Mae WestMae West It’s not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.
Mae WestMae West The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
Mae WestMae West She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
Mae WestMae West Marriage is a fine institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.
Mae WestMae West It takes two to get one in trouble.
Mae WestMae West When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.
Mae WestMae West I’m a good woman for a bad man.
Mae WestMae West A man’s kiss is his signature.
Mae WestMae West Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can’t figure out what from.
Mae WestMae West I have never loved a man as much as I have loved myself.
Mae WestMae West Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences.
Mae WestMae West
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From our community writers
People who don’t know how to love you are always going to hurt your heart.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta I no longer seek the love I think I deserve but rather the love I’ve always deserved.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole There is no such thing as a good investment.
Manish KhuntetaManish Khunteta Without you, I’m lost.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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More on shock
Most people were shocked by the thought; it was intensely repugnant to their feelings.
John BurroughsJohn Burroughs When Darwin published his conclusion that man was descended from an apelike ancestor who was again descended from a still lower type.
John BurroughsJohn Burroughs If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
F. H. BradleyF. H. Bradley Was sort of intellectually shocked. Contagion is the critical phenomenon which causes the thing to fall apart.
Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
Alan JacksonAlan Jackson Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity are in a state of shocked disbelief.
Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan The increased flexibility of our economy, which has fostered our extraordinary resilience to shocks.
Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan
