“Women are more devious than men. You're great at hiding things. You keep secrets. You smile when you lie. You expect a man to be a tower of strength. When he's got a few weaknesses and insecurities, what do you do? You turn around, and goddamn it, you betray him!”

Nick Nolte - Tom Wingo

“- Han Sing: I can't hit a girl.
- Trish: Look, I don't know how it is in China, but in America if a girl is kicking your ass you do not have to be a gentleman.”
Jet Li - Han Sing
Aaliyah - Trish O'Day

“- Veronica Franco: Recant the curse you give my kind. Admit I have, as you, a heart and mind.
- Maffio Venier: A greedy hand, an empty heart is all that wrests your legs apart.”
Catherine McCormack - Veronica Franco
Oliver Platt - Maffio Venier

“Sometimes, Dolores... sometimes, you have to be a high-riding bitch to survive. Sometimes, being a bitch is all a woman has to hang onto.”

Judy Parfitt - Vera Donovan

“- Sharon Winters: Paula, I'm sorry about lashing out at you the other night.
- Paula Mann: Forget it. Sometimes I come on too strong.
- Sharon Winters: No, it's just... I can be such a bitch sometimes.
- Paula Mann: We all are. But that's just part of being female I guess.”
Stacey Walker - Sharon Winters
Sharon Carr - Paula Mann