TV Quotes

Sophia: What if I got gorgeous for nothing? What if Tony doesn't even notice me?
Blanche: Well, that's his hard luck. There are other fish in the sea.
Sophia: The only ones my age are floating on the top.

Rose: What's the biggest lie you've ever told?
Blanche: I once told my sister Charmaine that she was left on our doorstep by gypsies.
Dorothy: What?
Rose: Well, Blanche, why would you want to do a thing like that?
Blanche: She annoyed me. Always mouthing off about how her hair was curlier than mine, her complexion was prettier than mine. I finally said there was good reason for it, she was left by gypsies! I had her completely convinced!
Rose: What did she say when you told her the truth?
Blanche: Oh, I never did. I even tried to help her find her little old gypsy mama.

Dorothy: Rose, why don't we just show Mr. Vaughn around the theatre?
Blanche: Well, why don't I do that myself because I've had the most experience performing here.
Dorothy: Blanche, the parking lot doesn't count.

Dorothy: I have to go to work, and I don't want you to worry about me. I'm going to say to you what you said to me the very first day you dropped me off at school. "See if you can find someone who looks clean to drive you home."

Sophia: Believe me, she's a totally rotten human being.
Rose: Well, I for one don't believe there is such a thing as a totally rotten human being. I think there's some good in everybody.
Blanche: Well, I agree with Sophia. Mrs. Claxton is a mean old woman. Everybody in the neighborhood hates her.
Rose: How can you say that?
Dorothy: Come on. Last Halloween, half the kids in the neighborhood wore Frieda Claxton costumes.

Blanche: Well, Barbara, Dorothy tells us you're an author.
Barbara: No, I'm just a writer. Malamud's an author.
Rose: I thought malamuds were chocolate cookies with marshmallows in the middle.
Dorothy: Those are mallomars, Rose.

Blanche: That child is trying to steal my Daddy away. She's no better than a tick on a slow-moving hound dog.
Dorothy: Why is everyone around here talking like Burl Ives?