My daughter is a remarkable person, and I don’t think I’ve ever said that to her.
Just because you lose interest in something, it doesn’t just go away.[to Hedy]
Just because you can’t grasp a complex thematic piece like this is not some reflection on your intelligence. I don’t understand anything that you do. Does that make me an idiot?[to Rose]
It’s easy to see a diamond once it’s in the window at Tiffany’s. It’s a little harder when it’s throwing up in a bucket in your office. [to Alfie]
It really sucks to break up with me. No, seriously, my face is on billboards. You break up with a normal person, maybe you can’t go back to your favorite restaurant. You break up with me, you can’t use the highway.
If you’re really famous, everybody loves you. At least until the will is read.
If it’s interesting and real, you can find the funny.
I’m tired of people mocking me for thinking about how a dress works in different situations.
I’m sitting in this room with a bunch of men, and none of them are being nice or showing me the ropes, and so far none of them seem to want to sleep with me. It’s the least they could do. Who raised these men, not wolves?
I want a big life. I want to experience everything. I want to break every single rule there is. They say ambition is an unattractive trait in a woman. Maybe. But you know what’s really unattractive? Waiting around for something to happen. Staring out a window, thinking the life you should be living is out there somewhere but not being willing to open the door and go get it. Even if someone tells you you can’t. Being a coward is only cute in The Wizard of Oz.
I thought, as their mother, you might want to do something about it.[Rose Weissman]Like what?[Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel]How should I know?[Rose Weissman]And there you have it. I learned from the best.[Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel]
I don’t know what grown women talk like. I deal with comics.[Hedy: We’re grown-ups. Can’t we be grown-ups? Can’t we talk like grown women?]
