Famous quotes containing the words mae west, west and/or lips:
“Give a man a free hand and he’ll try to put it all over you.”
—Raoul Walsh, U.S. screenwriter. Frisco Doll (Mae West)
“Women born at the turn of the century have been conditioned not to speak openly of their wedding nights. Of other nights in bed with other men they speak not at all. Today a woman having bedded with a great general feels free to tell us that in bed the general could not present arms. Women of my generation would have spared the great general the revelation of this failure.”
—Jessamyn West (1907–1984)
“Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)