Mae West

"Do you have any experience? None whatsoever."

"Brains are an asset, if you hide them."

"The best time to wear a striped sweater is all the time."

"I believe in the intelligent woman."

"I only have time for the essentials - and sex is essential."

"I admire any man who can do what he wants."

"My advice is not to worry about things you can't control."

"I know a lot of things, and I proceed on the assumption that I'm always right."

"God is love, but get it in writing."

"Save a horse, ride a cowboy."

"Opportunity knocks softly - I had the radio on."

"I made my mistakes, but I was never bored."

"My mistakes are always better than other people's successes."

"A hot time in the old town would kill you."

"When I'm in a mood, I believe whatever I want to believe."

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

"My dear, I don't give a damn."

"Life without sex might be safer but it would be unbearably dull."

"I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far."

"All the men that I've known have made me what I am today."

"Let's make our days of pleasure our days of business."

"Virtue is its own reward, and vice is too."

"I have always been a woman who likes to pursue her own interests."

"Give me a man who can do what he wants, when he wants it."

"I seldom think about my limitations, and they seldom handicap me."

"I would have made a wonderful mother, had my priorities been less kinky."

"The curve is more powerful than the sword."

"I'm no real woman if I can't make myself attractive."

"I've been in more laps than a napkin."

"To pity a man is not the same as to pity a woman."