JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court? MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it. — Mae West Copy Share Image
(During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage) Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to show contempt for this court?' Mae West: 'On the contrary, your Honor, I was doin' my best to conceal it.' — Mae West Copy Share Image
Reason was nowhere, time was an immovable object nailed high on the wall, except where the world kept shop. — Mae West Copy Share Image
I've been in 'Who's Who' and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary. — Mae West Copy Share Image
In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood. — Mae West Copy Share Image
A real farmer. He spent his childhood in the wheat, and his marriage in the hay. — Mae West Copy Share Image
Marriage? I ain't got time for a husband or child. All my life I've looked after myself as if I was my own child. — Mae West Copy Share Image
“If I can't a man with a million dollars, I'll a million men with one dollar.” — Mae West Copy Share Image
