Mae West

"Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success."

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

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

"It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men."

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

"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."

"There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out."

"He who hesitates is a damned fool."

"I'm single because I was born that way."

"I never loved another person the way I loved myself."

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

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

"When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better."

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

"I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction."

"Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided."

"She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong."

"Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one."

"Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art."

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