More from Mae West
Everything’s in the mind. That’s where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.
Mae WestMae West Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it.
Mae WestMae West I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.
Mae WestMae West When you get the personality, you don’t need the nudity.
Mae WestMae West I like my clothes tight enough to show I’m a woman, but loose enough to show I’m a lady.
Mae WestMae West Everyone has the right to run his own life- even if you’re heading for a crash. What I’m against is blind flying.
Mae WestMae West It’s not the men in your life that matters, it’s the life in your men.
Mae WestMae West If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!
Mae WestMae West Kiss and make up-but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.
Mae WestMae West A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up.
Mae WestMae West An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
Mae WestMae West I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing.
Mae WestMae West The curve is more powerful than the sword.
Mae WestMae West Sometimes I don’t drink so the next day I can remember having fun.
Mae WestMae West Look your best – who said love is blind?
Mae WestMae West It’s all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he’s perfect.
Mae WestMae West
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From our community writers
We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale
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More on trouble
Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. Great faith must have great trials.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
John SteinbeckJohn Steinbeck We cannot see outside what we are not inside. The universe is to us what the huge engine is to the miniature engine; and indication of any error in the tiny engine leads us to imagine trouble in the huge one.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
Calvin CoolidgeCalvin Coolidge