Quotes by Carrie Bradshaw

Did I ever really love Big or was I addicted to the pain? The exquisite pain of wanting someone so unattainable.

If he never calls me again, I'll always think of him fondly... as an a-shole!

She was a smart girl, until she fell in love.

Ever thine. Ever Mine. Ever Ours.

I like my money where I can see it - hanging in my closet!

I decided to stop avoiding the situation and take the grown-up approach... complete and utter denial!

It's like the riddle of the Sphinx; why are there so many great unmarried women - and no great unmarried men?

Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they need to run free, until they find someone just as wild to run with.

Don't forget to fall in love with yourself first.

Men in their 40s are like the 'New York Times' Sunday crossword puzzle: tricky, complicated and you're never really sure you've got the right answer.

I pity him, because I get to walk away and be me and he has to walk away and stay him... who wants to be him when you can be me?

Samantha: "I never Ieave underwear, because I never see it again."
Charlotte: "What happens to it?"
Samantha: "Nothing, I never go back."
Carrie: "Isn't it a Iittle expensive disposing of lingerie every time you sleep with a guy?"
Samantha: "That's why I stopped wearing underwear on dates."
Miranda: "That's why I'm never borrowing a dress from you again."
Charlotte: "I once found another woman's underwear in a man's bed."
Carrie: "Maybe it was Samantha's!"

Miranda: "If 85% aren't circumcised, that means I've only slept with 15% of the population, tops."
Carrie: "You're practically a virgin."

When you live on a tiny island like Manhattan, the odds of bumping into the one who broke your heart are incredibly high. The odds of bumping into him when you look like shit are even higher.

No wonder the city never sleeps, it's too busy trying to get laid.

Carrie: "Something Iike 85% aren't circumcised."
Charlotte: "Great, now they're taking over the world!"
Carrie: "It's a penis, not Godzilla."

In a town where everyone's dying to couple up, sometimes there's nothing better than being out of a relationship. You have time to do your laundry, freedom to play your favorite bad music really loudly... but the best part of being out of a relationship: Plenty of time to catch up with your friends.

Samantha: "If I had a son, I'd teach him all about the vagina."
Carrie: "If you had a son, we'd call social services."

Men may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.

Samantha: "If we perpetually gave men blow jobs, we could run the world."
Carrie: "At Ieast our hands would be free to greet dignitaries and stuff."

Manhattan, for millions of our forefathers, the gateway to hope, opportunity and happiness beyond their wildest dreams. Today, that hope is still alive, it's called "The First Date". On Saturday nights, every restaurant in Lower Manhattan resembles its own little Ellis Island.

Samantha: "She fucks on my couch, she buys it!"
Carrie: "Isn't that how you got the couch from me?"

Charlotte: "What is wrong with people just staying who they were?"
Carrie: "Some of us don't have that luxury."

The more I live, the more I find that if you have good friends in your corner, anything's possible.

Samantha: "You forgot someone you slept with?"
Carrie: "We're not in single-digits anymore."

In a city that moves so fast, you get the Sunday paper on Saturday - how did any of us know how much time we had left?

Sweetie, I just spent $395 on a pair of open-toed Gucci's last week. This is not the place to be frugal.

Brokers give investment advice. Architects - design advice. Single people give married friends tidbits from their sexual escapades.

I'm not even sure bisexuality exists. I think it's just a layover on the way to gaytown.

Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.

Are you sure? Because alone in theory is very different than alone in reality.

Miranda: "She didn't even have the balls to tell me she sent it. She just amazoned me."
Carrie: "Amazoned me? Did you just make that up?"

Charlotte: "But only if you're feeling up to seeing people, Carrie."
Carrie: "I see people all day long. I live in Manhatten."

I mean, aren't we all just drinking too much 'cause there's a lot to drink about lately. In fact, if we're gonna have this conversation, I'm gonna need a drink.

I'm in Central Park, walking. It's amazing what you learn about our city when you don't sleep. For instance, were you aware that thousands of people jog every morning at 6 AM?

Lisa: "Oh my god. Who ordered the French fries?"
Carrie: "I'd have to know you a lot longer before I confessed to that."

Charlotte: "Well, it's good he's using protection."
Carrie: "Now that is seeing the condom as half full."

Host: "What about you, Carrie? Have you ever masbated in a public place?"
Carrie: "Not since Barney's closed."

Charlotte: "Lily came into the bathroom this morning when I was on my knees about to blow Harry and I freaked out."
Miranda: "You still blow Harry?"
Carrie: "Is it his birthday?"

Carrie: "It's the Millennium, we don't say 'working class' anymore."
Charlotte: "You're trying to pretend we live in a classless society - and we don't."
Carrie: "Marie Antoinette, we get the picture."

Charlotte: "If I could get him to show at the gallery, it would be an incredible coup. But what if he wants me to... you know..."
Carrie: "...hold his brush?"

People go to casinos for the same reason they go on blind dates, hoping to hit the jackpot. But, mostly, you just wind up broke or alone in a bar. If we know the house always wins, why gamble?