Mae West

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

"He who hesitates is a damned fool."

"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."

"You are never too old to become younger!"

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

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

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