Adult Dean Quote #148
Quote from Adult Dean in The Workplace
Adult Dean: I never knew the role Mama played at work. I knew she had a job, but I just pictured her grocery shopping and running errands all day. She ran that place. People listened to her. People had to listen to her. Her job was just as cool as Dad's... maybe cooler. And I don't even think you had to be a woman to do it.
Lillian: [answers phone] This is Lillian Williams from the State Treasury Department. Yes, I need to...
Adult Dean: Before now, I'd only heard Mama use her White voice on the phone with the bank. Now I knew where she'd honed it.
The Wonder Years Quotes
‘The Workplace’ Quotes
Quote from Lillian
Dean: So... what makes cupcakes taste so "down home"?
Lillian: Slavery. And bacon grease in the pan. But mainly slavery.
Quote from Dean
Kim: Mama, I've never seen that purse before! That's foxy! Eh, you know where my other skirt is? Not the plaid one. The green one with the buttons on the front.
Lillian: It's still in the hamper. You know where the laundry room is, right?
Bill: Baby, what time do you think dinner will be ready? Can you make stew? You make the best stew.
Dean: We just got home! Will you people give us a second? Please. And when I get back in here, these chores better be done. [scoffs] Man, the woman just walked through the door.
Quote from Dean
[Lillian picks up a copy of the bible with three condoms on top as she packs a box for Bruce]
Lillian: Lord, you know I am not ready to be a grandmother. About time, young man. Letter? [Dean tries to put a football in the box] No, see, that's not gonna fit.
Dean: Mom...
Lillian: Dean!
Dean: But I told him I'd send him something to play catch with his buddies!
Lillian: Well, he's at war, not summer camp.
Dean: Then why'd you pack him all those balloons?
Adult Dean: Obviously, I'd never seen condoms or balloons, apparently.