Esther Clavin Quote #52
Quote from Esther Clavin in Look Before You Sleep
Sam: Oh, please, please. Can't we just go to sleep? I'm so very tired. Please!
Cliff: Great, Ma, you made my friend mad. Any wonder I don't have anybody over? Any wonder I don't have any friends?
Esther Clavin: Oh, you don't have friends because of me? Me who spent 36 hours of the most painful labor the hospital had ever seen?
Cliff: There she goes.
Esther Clavin: If you think you're better off without me, you're welcome to live by yourself. Just see how long you can last.
Cliff: Fine!
Esther Clavin: A day. I give it a day. And that's during daylight hours. Night falls and it's, "Where's my mommy?" Cliff: Oh! Oh, is that right? Well, let me tell you, missy, that it takes two to be codependent!
Esther Clavin: You're the enabler! You're the enabler!
Cliff: Oh! I'm the enabler am I tonight, huh? Like last night and the night before?! Well, you know why I'm the enabler?! Because you demand it!
Esther Clavin: Everything I do is wrong! Is that it, Clifford?!
Cliff: Oh, Ma, I'm sorry. Oh, now, don't be upset. I just, I just push too hard.
Esther Clavin: No, I'm too domineering.
Cliff: Oh, Ma, Ma, it's me. l, you know, Ma, it's me. Sam.
Sam: Hmm?
Esther Clavin: Sam, which one of us is worse?
Cheers Quotes
‘Look Before You Sleep’ Quotes
Quote from Woody
Sam: Good night, Woody.
Woody: Oh, hey, uh, listen, Sam. You know, don't worry about that bug killer stuff. They say to stay out for 24 hours, but that's just overcautious. They sprayed my building once. I went right back in.
Carla: Come on.
Woody: Okay, let's go. Oh, by the way, Sam, uh, listen, uh, I was meaning to tell you. Don't worry about that bug killer stuff. They tell you to stay out for 24 hours. That's just overcautious. They sprayed my building once. I went right back in. You ready, Carla?
Quote from Norm
Sam: Ho-ho! What's the rush, man?
Norm: I almost forgot. It's 6:00, and today's my fifteenth wedding anniversary.
Sam: Ah, you're going out and buy Vera a present before the stores close?
[A woman's hand waves through the sun roof of a car as it drives by]
Norm: Happy anniversary, honey. Sorry, Sammy, you were saying?
Quote from Cliff
Cliff: Hey, Sam, you know what's fun?
Sam: What's fun, Cliff?
Cliff: Well, when you take the letters of somebody's name and make another word out of it. You know, like if it were my name- Clifford Clavin. Well, first word that comes to mind, I'd say: Ford. Well, there's also cliff. You know, like the geo... geographical structure. There's almost clavicle. [long pause] Livid.
Sam: Cliffie, please.
Cliff: Oh, can't think of any?
Sam: I'm trying to sleep here, Cliff.
Cliff: Sure thing, Sam. Good night. [turns light off] How 'bout florid?
Sam: [turns light on] Cliff, damn it, man! I'm tired! I'm really, really tired! I'm trying to sleep here! Can't you just stop talking for once?! Please, stop talking?! [turns light off]
Cliff: I'm sorry, Sammy. I was just, it's a problem I have- l, uh... You know, I try to stop talking and and I just keep on talking. You know, it's kind of like those people who live near Niagara Falls, and after a while they just don't hear it anymore. I mean I read an article about this couple they've lived near the Falls for about 40 years or so, and they moved away and the, uh silence was, you know, just deafening. They had to move back. Couldn't stand it. Why are some people like that and and just other people aren't, Sammy? You ever think about that? Sam? Sammy? Sam?!
Esther Clavin: [o.s.] He's gone, isn't he, Clifford?
Cliff: It's all your fault, old woman!