Coco Chanel - The ultimate

"Nature gives you your face at twenty. Life shapes your face at thirty. But the face you have at fifty is the face you have earned." (old time favourite)

“Fashion fades, only style remains the same.”

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”

“How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.”

“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”

"Luxury is the opposite of vulgarity."

"Success is made with what can't be learned."

“Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.”

"Elegance is when the wrong side is as beautiful as the right side."

"You cannot have fashion out of touch with street life."

"Fashion passes, style remains."

"Perfume is of the utmost importance. In the words of Paul Valéry: 'A woman wearing the wrong perfume has no future'."

"When you give women back their mystery, you give them back their youth."

"The poetry of fashion lies in creating illusion."

“Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.”

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

"Let my legend makes its way in life. I wish it a long one.

Mae West: The quotes...Ταδε έφη Mae West

1. When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better.
   
2. A hard man... is good to find
   
3. It's not the men in my life that counts -- it's the life in my men.
   
4. He who hesitates is last.
   
5. I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.
   
6. So many men... so little time
   
7. Too much of a good thing... can be wonderful
   
8. Why don't you come on up and see me sometime.. when I've got nothin' on but the radio.
   
9. I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
   
10. A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in.
    
11. A man in the house... is worth two in the street
    
12. Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
    
13. It's better to be looked over, than overlooked
    
14. Give a man a free hand... and he'll run it all over you
    
15. Good sex is like good Bridge... If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand
    
16. To err is human -- but it feels divine
    
17. His mother should have thrown him away...and kept the stork
    
18. I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.
    
19. "Goodness, what beautiful diamonds !" Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie
    
20. I like two kinds of men: domestic and imported
    
21. When a girl goes wrong, men go right... after her
    
22. I'm the lady who works at Paramount all day... and Fox all night.
    
23. Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
    
24. I used to be Snow White... but I drifted
    
25. Save a boyfriend for a rainy day, and another, in case it doesn't rain
    
26. I've been rich and I've been poor... Believe me, rich is better
    
27. It's hard to be funny...when you have to be "clean"
    
28. I like my clothes to be tight enough to show I'm a woman... but loose enough to show I'm a lady.
    
29. She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success... wrong by wrong
    
30. You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction... but the second meeting shows up new angles
    
31. You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
    
32. Those who are easily shocked... should be shocked more often
    
33. When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
    
34. You ought to get out of those wet clothes... and into a dry martini