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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm single because I was born that way.

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

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

Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.

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

Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.

Sex is an emotion in motion.

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

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

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

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present.

Love thy neighbor -- and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.

Look your best - who said love is blind?

You are never too old to become younger!

His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

To err is human - but it feels divine.

I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.

Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.

Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag.

The curve is more powerful than the sword.

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

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

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you.

I've been things and seen places.

JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court? MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it.

The score never interested me, only the game.

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

Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.

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

I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.