- "So many men, so little time!"

- "Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly."

- "I only like two kinds of men: domestic and foreign."

- "Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you."

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

- "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted."

- "She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong."

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

- "Too much of a good thing is wonderful."

- "When choosing between two evils I always like to take the one I've never tried before."

- Once, during a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage, the judge asked, "Miss West, are you trying to show contempt for this court?" She answered, "On the contrary, your Honor, I was doin' my best to conceal it."

- "I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better."

- "I always say, keep a diary, and some day it'll keep you."

- "It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then. As long as you don't break any."

- "It's better to be looked over than overlooked."

- Maid (unpacking): "Goodness, what nice jewelry!" Mae West: "Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie."

- "When I'm good, I'm good. When I'm bad, I'm very good."

- "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"