Mae West Famous Quotes
"A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction."
"'I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice 'Only today I happen to have a headache.'"
"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
Sex is emotion in motion.
You're never too old to become younger.
"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet."
"Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried."
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
Mae West Quotations
"During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history."
Stephen Ambrose
"We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still."
Lewis Thomas
"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business. He should live each day as if it was a pre-flight check. He should ask each morning, am I prepared to lift-off"
Andrew Schneider
"Hither the heroes and nymphs resort,To taste awhile the pleasures of a courtIn various talk th'instuctive hours they past,Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lastOne speaks the glory of the British Queen,And one describes a charming Indian screenlA third interprets motions, looks and eyesAt every word a reputation dies."
Alexander Pope
"As we reach midlife . we are not prepared for the idea that time can run out on us, or for the startling truth that if we don't hurry to pursue our own definition of a meaningful existence, life can become a repetition of trivial maintenance duties."
Gail Sheehy
Mistakes live in the neighbourhood of truth and therefore delude us.
Henry C Blinn
"The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage."
Thucydides
"If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater."
Unknown
"Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols."
John Calvin