Sex and the City (TV Series)

Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys (1998)

Cynthia Nixon: Miranda Hobbes

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Quotes 

• Miranda Hobbes : If he goes up your butt, will he respect you more or respect you less? That's the issue.

  Taxi Driver : [to Carrie]  No smoking in the cab.

  Carrie : Sir, we're talking up the butt. A cigarette is in order.

  Samantha Jones : Front, back, who cares? A hole is a hole.

  Miranda Hobbes : Can I quote you?

  Samantha Jones : Don't be so judgmental. You could use a little back door.

  Charlotte : I'm not a hole.

  Carrie : Honey, we know.

• [Charlotte is trying to decide whether to have anal sex with a man she's dating] 

  Miranda Hobbes : It all depends . How much do you like him?

  Charlotte : A lot.

  Miranda Hobbes : "Dating a few months until somebody better comes along a lot", or "marrying him and moving to the East Hampton" a lot?

  Charlotte : I don't know. I'm not sure.

  Miranda Hobbes : Well, you better get sure real quick.

  Charlotte : You're scaring me.

  Carrie : Don't scare her.

  Miranda Hobbes : It's all about control. If he goes up there, there's gonna be a shift in power. Either he'll have the upper hand or you will. Now there's a certain camp that believes whoever holds the dick, holds the power, but...

  [Cab Driver turns around] 

  Miranda Hobbes : Hello! You're driving! The question is...

• Skipper Johnston : They stopped making Martinis, so I got us two rum and Cokes. Is that okay?

  Miranda Hobbes : Well, I hate rum, and I hate Coke, but, thanks.

• Carrie : Shouldn't we be dating men our own age?

  Miranda Hobbes : Good luck finding one. There are no available men in their thirties in New York. Giuliani had them removed along with the homeless.

  Carrie : So, then what's really going on here? I mean, is it younger, younger men feel safer?

  Miranda Hobbes : What's really going on here is sex. Good old-fashioned, eager to please, do what I tell you to, Eagle Scout sex.

  Carrie : Yeah, but I'm not having sex. It's a kissing thing.

  Miranda Hobbes : So, what's the big deal? It's just a fling. It's not like we're throwing out our schedules or anything.

• Carrie : Alright, so officially he's late.

  Charlotte : Who?

  Miranda Hobbes : Mr. Big, who else?

  Charlotte : Carrie, that's great! Is it a date?

  Carrie : No, he called it a "thing". He said, meet me... meet me for a drink "thing". He never used the "D" word.

  Charlotte : Well, "thing" is good. I mean, "thing" comes before date.

• Miranda Hobbes : Where did Skipper go?

  Charlotte : I don't know how you can date that younger guy? I mean, they're so scattered and unfocused.

  Miranda Hobbes : We're not dating, it's a fuck thing.

• [listens to a message from Big on her answering machine] 

  Carrie : Oh, something came up. He's not gonna meet me. Here, will you listen to this and tell me if you can figure out whether he's not meeting me as a date, or not meeting me as a friend?

  [Miranda takes the phone] 

  Miranda Hobbes : Alright.

  Carrie : [narrating voiceover]  Sometimes, you need a second opinion; with doctors, real estate... men!

  [to Miranda] 

  Carrie : Well?

  Miranda Hobbes : I have no idea. And I finished first in my litigation class.