Sophia: I could have sworn I would have bet my life on it.
Dorothy: Oh, Ma, there are so many memories in this apartment. Don't be so down. You remember the day you brought Phil back from the hospital? I was a little upset, because that was the day Pop usually took me to the zoo. Well, it was the racetrack, but he called it the zoo. You kept Phil in this room because it was the warmest room. And I guess I was a little starved for attention, because I remember-
[flashback:]
Sophia: Oh, Salvadore, isn't he beautiful?
Salvadore: A piece of art. But what do you have him in Dorothy's hand-me-downs for?
Sophia: So he wears girls' clothes for a while, what's it gonna hurt?

[flashback:]
Salvadore: Dorothy, come over here. We know you're upset about the new baby, but we need for you to be a big girl. Your mother's had a rough week. First I'm called away, and then the baby's delivered by a cabby.
Sophia: Cesarean!
Salvadore: Now I know you think Phil here's taken your place. Well, I wanna tell you something. I love you more than anything.
Dorothy: Even more than the Dodgers on five-cent beer night?
Salvadore: OK, even more than that.
Dorothy: Wow! Daddy, I love you.
Salvadore: I love you, too, kiddo. Come on, let's go to the zoo. I got a tip on a giraffe in the sixth race.

Blanche: Here you go, Rose. I finished my work.
Rose: Well, turn me upside down and paint me blue!

Salvadore: So, how are things?
Sophia: "How are things?"! Sal, talk to me. How are you? What's new? What's heaven like?
Salvadore: You know, everyone thinks heaven is right above. Actually, it's a little more to the left.
Sophia: What's God like?
Salvadore: Nice. You should see his car! Oh, before I forget, Gladys says hello.
Sophia: You fooling around with Gladys?
Salvadore: Of course not. Gladys is going out with Charlemagne.