Personality is the glitter that sends your gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.

More from Mae West

• A man in love is like a clipped coupon–it’s time to cash in.
• A man in the house is worth two in the street.
• Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
• He who hesitates is last.
• I believe in the single standard for men and women.
• I believe that it’s better to be looked over than to be overlooked.