More from Mae West
Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Mae WestMae West Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
Mae WestMae West You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae WestMae West No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.
Mae WestMae West Love isn’t an emotion or an instinct – it’s an art.
Mae WestMae West I speak two languages, Body and English.
Mae WestMae West Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I’d have to give it up.
Mae WestMae West Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can’t ever take that away from you.
Mae WestMae West Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.
Mae WestMae West I wrote the story myself. It’s about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
Mae WestMae West 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.
Mae WestMae West I have found men who didn’t know how to kiss. I’ve always found time to teach them.
Mae WestMae West I consider sex a misdemeanor, the more I miss, de meaner I get.
Mae WestMae West I don’t like myself, I’m crazy about myself.
Mae WestMae West There are no good girls gone wrong – just bad girls found out.
Mae WestMae West Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love–that’s not so bad either.
Mae WestMae West
Original quotes
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.
OvyukiOvyuki
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More on finding
Don’t always look for the wild in the forests. But when you find the one, explore with abandon.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe I see peace when I look into your eyes and that, my love, is rare to find.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel I love to live in the past because it is the only place where I find you.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays Finding love and friendship in one person is a real pleasure.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
Angela DavisAngela Davis Everywhere I go I find a poet has been there before me.
Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud I would rather live my life as if there is a god and die to find out there isn’t, than live my life as if there isn’t and die to find out there is.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius
