25 'Mrs. Maisel' Quotes You Need in Your Life

“I don’t mind being alone. I just do not want to be insignificant.”

The Amazon Studio series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has been charming and bringing audiences to their knees since its debut in March 2017. Fans have clamored for all things Maisel ever since, and the return of the series on April 14, 2023, is being celebrated, especially as Season 5 will be the show's last.

The final installment finds our heroine grappling with the fact that she's not as far in her career as she planned to be. Unfortunately for fans who are hoping to see Midge Maisel back onstage playing comedy clubs around the United States, she's instead back at a desk job, writing jokes for The Gordon Ford Show, at the start of Season 5.

Still, there are plenty of reasons to hope that the series will end on a high note, with Midge fully and intentionally stepping into a destiny she deserves.

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The show's creator Amy Sherman-Palladino told Today in early 2023 that the conclusion of the series has been planned for some time. "We always knew where we wanted Midge to land," she said. "We had a very specific image in our minds that we got to do, which was lovely and it worked. We had to land it properly so that the fans were satisfied and so that our actors felt good about where their characters ended."

In honor of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's final run, we put together a list of the witty (and profound) one-liners and jokes for which the show is known. But first, let's take a look back at where Season 4 left off—and where Season 5 might go.

What happened in 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' season 4?

Season 4 saw Midge Maisel battling herself more than anyone. At the end of the season, Midge and fellow comedian Lenny Bruce had a conversation about her goals and careers, and Bruce's belief that Midge continues to hold herself back from opportunities that could make her a star. The two spend the night together, and Midge finds a needle and a vial in his hotel room the next day (in real life, Lenny Bruce died from a heroin overdose at age 40).

What will happen in 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' season 5?

Co-creator Daniel Palladino told Today that there will be a few shifts for the show's final season that fans will enjoy. As he said, we'll see "... a lot of stylistic changes and a lot of journey that we take our characters through. So I think they’ll enjoy the ride. It’s a different kind of ride this season."

On top of that, fan-favorite Milo Ventimiglia will return...at least briefly. Palladino added, "Milo’s appearance is a little bit more of an action sequence, which is kind of fun. I would only have done it with Milo, so thank God he was available."

Alex Borstein, who plays Midge's manager, Susie, has also shared that there will be one constant in Season 5: the friendship between Susie and Midge. As she put it, "In each season, one of us leads and one of us follows. I think it’s cool that Susie was the one who spotted Midge in a nightclub and said, ‘I believe in you.’ Then she’s constantly being taught that Midge was seeing a much bigger picture in her head."

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With all that in mind, here are a few of our favorite Mrs. Maisel quotes just in time to enjoy the first three episodes of Season 5.

25 best quotes from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

1. “Why do women have to pretend to be something that they’re not? Why do we have to pretend to be stupid when we’re not stupid? Why do we have to pretend to be helpless when we’re not helpless? Why do we have to pretend to be sorry when we have nothing to be sorry about? Why do we have to pretend we’re not hungry when we’re hungry?”
—Midge Maisel

2. “The world is full of disappointments, and sometimes people let you down. You can’t just run away.”
–Midge Maisel

3. “I don’t mind being alone. I just do not want to be insignificant.”
–Susie Myerson

4. “If women don’t realize what’s going on in the world, they won’t step in and fix it.”
–Midge Maisel

5. “I’m going to Paris. I don’t feel like I have a life here anymore. I’m unhappy and I’m tired of being unhappy, so I booked myself a flight for tomorrow night.”
–Rose Weissman

6. “Do you know what a dream is? A dream is what keeps you going in a job you hate.”–Joel Maisel

7. “Just because there is a door does not mean you use it. A door does not represent infinite possibilities.”–Abe Weissman

8. "Bald men can be attractive—with the right hat."
–Midge Maisel

9. “It’s downtown. If you have underwear on, you’re overdressed.”
–Midge Maisel

10. “To be truly effective, you must be ugly.”–Abe Weissman

11. “Comedy is fueled by oppression, by the lack of power, by sadness and disappointment, by abandonment and humiliation. Now, who the hell does that describe more than women? Judging by those standards, only women should be funny.”
–Midge Maisel

12. "She's going on and on about this miracle treatment she had done in Mexico. It involved goat's milk and avocados. They smear it on your face, wrap a hot towel around your head and stick two straws up your nose so you can breathe through the straws. Then they put you on a boat and row you out to sea and they drop the anchor, and you sit there for four hours. Then they row you back in and they scrape you down, slap you in the face with old banana skins, charge you $75 and send you home. She thinks she looks 20. I think she looks the same."
–Imogene Cleary

13. "Everything we bring on ourselves is our own fault."
–Abe Weissman

14. “Alone, I’m a spittoon. With you, I’m a somebody.”
–Susie Myerson

15. "Life isn't fair. It's hard and cruel. You have to pick your friends as if there's a war going on. You want a husband who will take a bullet for you, not one who points to the attic and says, 'They're up there.'"
–Abe Weissman

16. "I’m really glad to be back in New York City, my home. Where I have so many friends, who hate me. So much family, who are disappointed in me. Where my children live, until they abandon me. That’s why New York is so great, though. Everyone you care about can despise you and you can still find a bagel so good, nothing else matters. Who needs love when you’ve got lox? They both stink, but only one tastes good."–Midge Maisel

17. "What if we discover one day that we were always the ones in charge? Just… no one told us."–Midge Maisel

18. "I don’t trust soup. It tells you it’s food but you eat it and you’re never full. feels like a scam."–Joel Maisel

19. “Revenge. I want it. Oh, do I want it. I need it. I crave it. I am completely consumed by the need for it. Revenge.”–Midge Maisel

20. "Believe me, honey, if there’s a hell, I’m the headliner."–Lenny Bruce

21. "Women are more generous and giving. That's a fact of the species. We give life to f-----n' babies." –Bunny

22. "I’m tired of people mocking me for thinking about how a dress works in different situations."–Midge Maisel

23. “You’re a star, for now. She’s going to be a g-ddamn legend.” –Sophia Lennon

24. "Sometimes I tune people out, but mostly because they rarely have anything useful or interesting to say." –Abe Weissman

25. No one needs a good laugh like the truly, deeply f----d."–Susie Myerson

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