Mae West

thumb|Why don't you come up sometime and see me? Mary Jane West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress and playwright, most commonly known as "Mae" West. Quotes thumb|When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad, I'm better. thumb|When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity. 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 as 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 ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini. Every Day's a Holiday (1937) 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 used to be Snow White, but I drifted. Interview in Life magazine (April 18, 1969) 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) happy Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? SextetteQuote Investigator: Exploring the Origin of Quotes http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/08/20/glad-to-see/The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations https://books.google.com/books?id=whg05Z4Nwo0C&pg=PA625 (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 Misattributed You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. "One lives but once in the world" (or "man lebt nur einmal") has roots dating back to at least 1774 in Goethe's Clavigo, but the defining second clause "but if you do it right, once is enough" is attributed to West on social media. See YOLO. External links Category:1893 births Category:1980 deaths Category:Actresses from New York City Category:Comedians from the United States Category:Playwrights from the United States Category:Screenwriters from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Singers from the United States Category:Women singers Category:Women born in the 19th century