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One Fifth Avenue QUOTES

One Fifth Avenue QUOTES

1 " If everyone in New York took sides over these petty, insignificant arguments, no one would have any friends at all. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

2 " Money follows art. Money wants what it can't buy. Class and talent. And remember while there's a talent for making money, it takes real talent to know how to spend it. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

3 " As long as one refuses to know one's place, there's no telling what one can do in the world. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

4 " Some secrets are better left at that -as secrets. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

5 " That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

6 " Retribution is tricky. . . . The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

7 " It's always the people who don't want things who get them. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

8 " Grace was one of those types who never changed but only aged and had no apparent expectations or ambitions other than the wish that her life should remain the same. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

9 " . . . She was obsessed with clothes and status, how she never gave a thought to being responsible for her own actions, or even what she might do for anyone else-making her the ultimate example of all that was wrong and misguided about young women today. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

10 " He still went out nearly every night. I thought, is this what he's going to do when we have the baby? Have I made another terrible mistake with a man? You don't really know a man until you have a child with him. Then you see so much. Is he kind? Is he tolerant? Is he loving? Or is he immature and egotistical and selfish? When you have a child, it can go two ways with your husband: You love him even more, or you lose all respect for him. And if you lose respect, there's no way to get it back... "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

11 " His mother had become impossible, as, he supposed, all elderly people were when they refused to accept that their lives had to change. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

12 " then why sell?" James had asked. "have to," Redmond said. "if I want to get married and have children and live in this city, I have to." "since when do you want to get married and have kids?" James asked. "since now. Life gets boring when you're middle-aged. You can't keep doing the same thing. You look like an asshole. You ever notice that?" Redmond had asked. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

13 " We'll then," Enjd said. "What's the problem?"
"This," Mindy said. She opened her hand and held up a tiny green plastic toy solider thrusting a bayonet.
"I don't understand," Enid said.
"This morning, when I opened my door to get the newspaper, I found a whole troop of them arranged on the mat."
"And you think Paul Rice did it," Enid said skeptically.
"I don't think he did it. I know he did it," Mindy said. "He told me if I didn't approve his air conditioners, it was war... "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

14 " She could tell by Philip’s attitude that his writing wasn’t going well again. He was joyous when it was and miserable when it wasn’t. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

15 " Handbags are not important anymore,” Connie admonished her. “It said so in Vogue. Right now it’s all about having something no one else possesses. It’s about the one of a kind. The unique. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

16 " Remember the stories you used to write? About that billionaire. You made fun of his fingers! Woo-hooo. ‘Short-fingered vulgarian,’ you called him. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

17 " Don't be silly, my dear. Threats are only meaningful if you have the power to execute them. And you, my dear, do not. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

18 " Pay him a decent salary and work him hard. That way he won’t have enough time to write anything on the side. But don’t pay him so much that he can save up money to quit. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue

19 " He wasn’t Tolstoy but just plain old James Gooch. Commercial writer. Destined to be of the moment and not to stand the test of time. And the worst thing about it was that he’d never be able to pretend to be Tolstoy again. "

― Candace Bushnell , One Fifth Avenue