Occupation: Actress Birth: August 17, 1893 Death: November 22, 1980
Beulah, peel me a grape.
The best way to behave is to misbehave..
Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success..
JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court? MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it..
You may think you're in love when the passions of sex get hold of you, but if you didn't love the man before, you won't love him after. Like him, may….
Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all over them for years..
Never ask a man where he has been..
Love is the only industry which can't operate on a five-day week..
Well, the end of another busy day. I can't wait till I get back to bed. If that don't work I'll try to sleep..
All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else..
Well behaved women do not make history..
A man's kiss is his signature..
I've been in more laps than a napkin..
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it..
Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile..
It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any..
A man in love is like a clipped coupon - it's time to cash in..
One more drink and I'll be under the host..
Diamonds talk, and I can stand listenin' to 'em often..
Don't let a man put anything over on you except an umbrella..
To err is human, but it feels divine..