Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Mae West Quotations

Mae West (click to enlarge)
Mae West was a very smart, witty, and sexy, woman.   As a screenwriter and actor,  she wrote and  delivered many of the "lines"  listed below on Broadway and in her movies. 

  • A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
  • A hard man is good to find.
  • A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
  • A man in the house is worth two in the street.
  • A man's kiss is his signature.
  • All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
  • An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
  • Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
  • Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
  • Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
  • Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
  • Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.
  • Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.
  • Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
  • Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
  • He who hesitates is a damned fool.
  • His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
  • I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
  • I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
  • I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
  • I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
  • I like restraint - if it doesn't go too far.
  • I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
  • I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
  • I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
  • I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
  • I'll try anything once - twice if I like it - three times to make sure.
  • I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
  • I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
  • I've been in more laps than a napkin.
  • If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
  • It ain't no sin if you bend a few laws now and then - just so long as you don't break any.
  • It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
  • Look your best - who said love is blind?
  • Love conquers all things - except poverty and toothache.
  • Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
  • Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
  • Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
  • Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and imported.
  • Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
  • She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
  • The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
  • The score never interested me, only the game.
  • Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
  • To err is human, but it feels divine.
  • Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
  • When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
  • You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
-- Mae West

Friday, October 8, 2010

Colonoscopy via Stoma #3 and other stuff

A few days back I had my third "annual" colonoscopy through my stoma.  The 4 litre preparation the day before was not too bad.  I watched episodes of  the "World at War" documentary series narrated by Lawrence Olivier (what a fine voice) on YouTube (in ten minute sections (those rules for youtube videos )).  I also ran a timer so I could drink about 200 mls every ten minutes.  After 200 minutes, the drinking is done. The output starts an hour or so after drinking starts and ends an hour or so after the last glass is drunk.  A few things were different from the last two (see posts from last year and the year before).  They have lightened up a bit on the IV cocktail (probably to move things along bit).  I did not have any amnesia and remember the procedure pretty well. I saw my colon - it looked an light orange color on the display. I was expecting a little pinker or redder but that's likely wrong.  Here's a clip from youtube.


Yes, it does look kind of pinky/orangey (the blood vessels look darker).