Film Quotes by Mae West
59 quotes
The Frisco Doll:
Bull, you ain't no oil paintin', but you're a fascinatin' monster.
--
Mae West
in
Klondike Annie
(1936)
The Frisco Doll:
I got a debt to pay - not to this crowd, but to Annie, and I'm gonna do it. It won't take long, and then I'll be squared up.
--
Mae West
in
Klondike Annie
(1936)
The Frisco Doll:
Now I'll tell ya - you people have been on the wrong track, and I'm gonna steer you right You'll never get anywhere because you don't know how to wrassle the devil. Tying a knot in his tail won't throw 'im on his back; you've gotta grab 'im by his horns - you've gotta know him, know his tricks. I know 'em, and how I know 'em! Why, I can make him say uncle - that is, if he's got an uncle.
--
Mae West
in
Klondike Annie
(1936)
The Frisco Doll:
When caught between two evils, I generally like to take the one I never tried.
--
Mae West
in
Klondike Annie
(1936)
Tira:
[to Slick Wiley] What'd you do? Get your hair cut or have your ears moved down?
--
Mae West
(as Tira)
in
I'm No Angel
(1933)
Tira:
Always remember, honey. A good motto is: "Take all you can get and give as little as possible". Don't forget, honey. Never let one man worry your mind. Find 'em, fool 'em and forget 'em!
--
Mae West
(as Tira)
in
I'm No Angel
(1933)
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Mae West
(as Tira)
in
I'm No Angel
(1933)
Tira:
Beulah, peel me a grape.
--
Mae West
(as Tira)
in
I'm No Angel
(1933)
Tira:
By the way, honey, you married or single?
Ernest Brown: Married five times.
Tira: Five times? Wedding bells must sound like an alarm clock to you.
Ernest Brown: Married five times.
Tira: Five times? Wedding bells must sound like an alarm clock to you.
--
Mae West
(as Tira)
in
I'm No Angel
(1933)
Tira:
It's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men.
--
Mae West
(as Tira)
in
I'm No Angel
(1933)