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

- Mae West

Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.

- Mae West

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

- Mae West

A man's kiss is his signature.

- Mae West

Too much of a good thing can be taxing.

- Mae West

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

- Mae West

I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.

- Mae West

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

- Mae West

One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.

- Mae West

Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.

- Mae West

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

- Mae West

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

- Mae West

If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.

- Mae West

It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.

- Mae West

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.

- Mae West

Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.

- Mae West

Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

- Mae West

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

- Mae West

Look your best - who said love is blind?

- Mae West

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

- Mae West