Sophia Quote #1771

Quote from Sophia in Older and Wiser

Dorothy: Look, Ma, I know that you're excited about this job, but-
Sophia: It's more than a job, Dorothy. That's it. "Dorothy." When I see them, I see me. Don't you understand?
Dorothy: Of course I understand. I know that your heart's in the right place, but-
Sophia: No "buts." I'm not going to sit here while people are forced to throw in the towel. Have you ever seen what happens to a person when their brain is allowed to disintegrate and their minds turn completely to mush?
Rose: [staring at her hands] Hey, my middle finger's the longest.

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 ‘Older and Wiser’ Quotes

Quote from Rose

Rose: Well, it wasn't unnatural in St. Olaf. We not only took care of our old people, we revered them, honored them, put them on a pedestal. 'Course, that's how we got to be the broken hip capital of the Midwest.

Quote from Dorothy

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."

Quote from Blanche

Dorothy: What's wrong?
Blanche: I will tell you what's wrong. I took Rose here on my shoot today, and they want to use her hands. Imagine. They want to use my face but her hands. Can you believe it? This is the most humiliating thing that's ever happened to me.
Dorothy: Ah, how quickly you forget the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Blanche: Big deal. 80,000 people had to wait 20 minutes. The torch eventually got there, didn't it?