Quotes

“A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.” 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. I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.” Mae West

“A hard man is good to find.” Mae West

“A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.” Mae West

“A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.” Mae West

“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.” Mae West

“When women go wrong, men go right after them.” Mae West

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

“She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.” Mae West

“Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.” Mae West

“The best way to hold a man is in your arms.” Mae West

“I never loved another person the way I loved myself.” Mae West

“To err is human, but it feels divine.” Mae West

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” Elwyn Brooks White

“Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.” Elwyn Brooks White

“Be obscure clearly.” Elwyn Brooks White

“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.” Elwyn Brooks White

“Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.” Elwyn Brooks White

“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.” Elwyn Brooks White

“The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.” Elwyn Brooks White

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.” Elwyn Brooks White

“We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.” Elwyn Brooks White

“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.” Elwyn Brooks White

“Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.” Elwyn Brooks White

“Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.” Elwyn Brooks White

“Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.” Elwyn Brooks White

“A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.” Elwyn Brooks White

“There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.” Elwyn Brooks White

“To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.” Elwyn Brooks White

“I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.” Elwyn Brooks White