Mary Jane West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) American actress and playwright, most commonly known as "Mae" West.
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- Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
- Response to an exclamation, "Goodness! What a lovely diamond!" in Night After Night (1932). She later used Goodness had nothing to do with it as the title of her autobiography (1953).
- Why don't you come up sometime and see me? ... Come on up, I'll tell your fortune.
- She Done Him Wrong (1933) This is often misquoted as: "Come up and see me sometime."
- When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
- Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
- Klondike Annie (1936) Sometimes quoted as: "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."
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- A man in the house is worth two in the street.
- An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away.
- I consider sex a misdemeanor; the more I miss, de meaner I get.
- I do all my best work in bed.
- I feel like a million tonight. But one at a time.
- I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
- I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
- If Kinsey is right, I have only done what comes naturally, what the average American does secretly, drenching himself in guilt fixations and phobias because of his sense of sinning. I have never felt myself a sinner or committed what I would call a sin.
- I've been in more laps than a napkin.
- It's not the men in my life, but the life in my men.
- Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
- Sex is an emotion in motion.
- Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love— that's not so bad either.
- When women go wrong, men go right after them.
- You may think you're in love when the passions of sex get hold of you, but if you didn't love the man before, you won't love him after. Live him, maybe— but not love him.
- A hard man is good to find.
- Too much of a good thing can be simply wonderful.
