Manhattan – Movie Quotes

Tracy: — Let's fool around. You hear it? It'll take your mind off it.
Isaac Davis: — How many times a night...? How often can you make love in an evening?
Tracy: — Well, a lot.
Isaac Davis: — Yeah, I can tell. A lot. That's... Well, a lot is my favorite number. Gee, really? Can you?
Tracy: — Let's do it some strange way you've always wanted to do... but nobody would do with you.
Isaac Davis: — I'm shocked. What kind of talk is that from a kid your age? I'll get my scuba-diving equipment and really show you...

Can't you hold me? Does your love for me always have to express itself sexually?

They mean nothing cos nothing worth knowing is understood with the mind.
Everything valuable enters through a different opening... if you'll forgive the disgusting imagery.

I like the way you express yourself, too. Pithy, yet degenerate.

You could've said, but you... All you had to do was call me and talk to me. I'm understanding. I'd have said no, but you'd have felt honest.

Don't stare at me with those big eyes. You look like one of those barefoot kids from Bolivia who needs foster parents.

I was thinking there must be something wrong with me, because I've never had a relationship that's lasted longer than the one between Hitler and Eva Braun.

He's done a great job on you. Your self-esteem is like a notch below Kafka's.

For about 30 seconds I was a big hero, and now it's directly to unemployment.

I felt that I was deficient in some way. That I was bad in bed, not bright enough, or physically unattractive. But in the end he was just a louse.

I don't get angry. I tend to internalise. I can't express anger. That's one of the problems I have. I grow a tumour instead.

Gossip is the new pornography.

My analyst warned me, but you were so beautiful I got another analyst.

Mary: You don't need a male. Two mothers are fine.
Isaac: Really? Because I feel very few people survive one mother.