Mae West

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

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

"He who hesitates is a damned fool."

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

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

"A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up."

"You are never too old to become younger!"

"I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it."

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

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

"I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond."

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

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

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

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

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

"I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it."

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

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

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