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* Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie. |
* Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie. |
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** Response to an exclamation, "Goodness! What |
** Response to an exclamation, "Goodness! What beautiful diamonds!" in ''[[w:Night After Night (film)|Night After Night]]'' (1932). She later used ''Goodness had nothing to do with it'' was the title of her (1953) autobiography. |
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* Why don't you come up sometime and see me? … Come on up, I'll tell your fortune. |
* Why don't you come up sometime and see me? … Come on up, I'll tell your fortune. |
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** ''She Done Him Wrong'' (1933); this statement has |
** ''[[She Done Him Wrong]]'' (1933); this statement has widely said to be misquoted with the paraphrase: "Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" In fact, Mae West did say: "come up and see me sometime.” in these two movies ''[[I'm No Angel]]'' and ''[[w:Sextette |Sextette]]'' http://quotationize.com/come-up-see-me-sometime-not-misquote-mae-west/ |
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* Beulah, Peel me a grape. |
* Oh, Beulah, Peel me a grape. |
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** ''I'm No Angel'' (1933) |
** ''I'm No Angel'' (1933) |
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* I only like two kinds of men, domestic and |
* I only like two kinds of men, domestic and foreign. |
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** ''I'm No Angel'' (1933) |
** ''I'm No Angel'' (1933) |
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* When I'm good, I'm very good. |
* When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad, I'm better. |
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** ''I'm No Angel'' (1933) |
** ''I'm No Angel'' (1933) |
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* I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. |
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** ''I'm No Angel'' (1933) |
** ''I'm No Angel'' (1933) |
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** ''She Done Him Wrong'' (1933) |
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** ''Klondike Annie'' (1936) Sometimes quoted as: ''"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."' |
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* A man in the house is worth two in the street. |
* A man in the house is worth two in the street. |
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** ''Belle of the Nineties'' (1934) |
** ''[[w:Belle of the Nineties|Belle of the Nineties]]'' (1934) |
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** ''[[w:Klondike Annie|Klondike Annie]]'' (1936) |
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* You take one thing and add it to another and you get two. Two and two is four; and five'll get you ten if you know how to work it! |
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** ''My Little Chickadee'' (1940) |
** ''[[w:My Little Chickadee|My Little Chickadee]]'' (1940) |
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* I |
* I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. |
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** ''Myra Breckinridge'' (1970) |
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* ''To a young actor: '' How tall are you without your horse? ''Six foot, seven inches.'' Never mind the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches! <!--The best estimate I could do, based on http://www.agonybooth.com/myra_breckinridge/default.asp?Page=5 & http://www.dvdlard.co.uk/Content.aspx?ContentID=2865 --Singkong2005--> |
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** ''Myra Breckinridge'' (1970) |
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* I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night |
* I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night |
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** ''Sextette'' (1978) |
** ''Sextette'' (1978) |
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* Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just |
* Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? |
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** ''Sextette''<ref>{{cite web|title=Quote Investigator: Exploring the Origin of Quotes|url=http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/08/20/glad-to-see/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whg05Z4Nwo0C&pg=PA625}}</ref> (1978) |
** ''Sextette''<ref>{{cite web|title=Quote Investigator: Exploring the Origin of Quotes|url=http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/08/20/glad-to-see/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whg05Z4Nwo0C&pg=PA625}}</ref> (1978) |
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* I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs. |
* I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs. |
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** [[w:Person to Person|Person-to-Person]] interview ([[w:CBS|CBS]]) with [[w:Charles Collingwood (journalist)|Charles Collingwood]], [http://books.google.com/books?id=21R_KPMzH2EC&q="I've+always+had+a+weakness+for+foreign+affairs"&pg=PA82#v=onepage September 1959] |
** [[w:Person to Person|Person-to-Person]] interview ([[w:CBS|CBS]]) with [[w:Charles Collingwood (journalist)|Charles Collingwood]], [http://books.google.com/books?id=21R_KPMzH2EC&q="I've+always+had+a+weakness+for+foreign+affairs"&pg=PA82#v=onepage September 1959] |
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*You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. |
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== External links == |
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Latest revision as of 14:16, 7 May 2024
Mary Jane West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress and playwright, most commonly known as "Mae" West.
Quotes
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- Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
- Response to an exclamation, "Goodness! What beautiful diamonds!" in Night After Night (1932). She later used Goodness had nothing to do with it was the title of her (1953) autobiography.
- Why don't you come up sometime and see me? … Come on up, I'll tell your fortune.
- She Done Him Wrong (1933); this statement has widely said to be misquoted with the paraphrase: "Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" In fact, Mae West did say: "come up and see me sometime.” in these two movies I'm No Angel and Sextette http://quotationize.com/come-up-see-me-sometime-not-misquote-mae-west/
- Oh, Beulah, Peel me a grape.
- I'm No Angel (1933)
- I only like two kinds of men, domestic and foreign.
- I'm No Angel (1933)
- When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad, I'm better.
- I'm No Angel (1933)
- It's not the men in your life that count, it's the life in your men.
- I'm No Angel (1933)
- When women go wrong, men go right after them.
- She Done Him Wrong (1933)
- A man in the house is worth two in the street.
- Belle of the Nineties (1934)
- When I'm caught between two evils, I generally like to take the one I never tried.
- Klondike Annie (1936)
- You take one thing and add it to another and you get two. Two and two is four; and five'll get you ten if you know how to work it!
- My Little Chickadee (1940)
- I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night
- Sextette (1978)
- To her British lover about to climb in bed with 80-something Mae: She said that she hoped soon to be able to say what Paul Revere said — 'The British are coming'. This was the last one-liner Mae ever uttered on film.
- Sextette (1978)
- When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity.
- Quoted in "For Women, Monologues They Haven't Heard" by Susan Pomerance, Dramaline Publications (1985)
- Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
- #149 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne
- Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
- #684 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne
- I've been in more laps than a napkin.
- #685 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne
- She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
- #832 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne
- I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs.
- Person-to-Person interview (CBS) with Charles Collingwood, September 1959
- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
