[at the dinner table] Carolyn Burnham: Your father and I were just discussing his day at work. Why don't you tell our daughter about it, honey? Lester Burnham: Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go fuck himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass t…
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Quotes tagged ‘Mother in Law’
Wilma Flintstone: It's been weeks since you had a good word for anybody or anything. Fred Flintstone: Oh yeah, what about that thing I said about your mother last week? Wilma Flintstone: My mother? Fred Flintstone: I said, good riddance she lives 50 miles away.
I love my dear sweet mother-in-law. My mother-in-law is a doll.
Darrin Stephens: I'm doing this for Sam's good. Believe me, I know every ache and pain that she has, and it hurts me more than her. Endora: It doesn't yet, but it will.
Darrin Stephens: But if that mother of yours ever pulls a stunt like that again, I'm gonna use a little magic of my own. Make a few of her teeth disappear. Samantha Stephens: And no jury will convict you.
— Howard Leeds, Samantha Stephens, Elizabeth Montgomery, imdb.com
Endora: I hate to criticize a man when he's down, Samantha, but Donald always struck me as being overly sensitive. Samantha Stephens: His name is Darrin!
— Richard Baer, Samantha Stephens, Elizabeth Montgomery, imdb.com
You have personally set back the mother-in-law business 200 years!
— Ken Englund, Darrin Stephens (1964-1969 eps.), Dick York, imdb.com
Samantha Stephens: Mother's often said that mortals are their own worst enemies. Darrin Stephens: You just said the one word I don't like to hear. Samantha Stephens: 'Enemies'? Darrin Stephens: 'Mother'.
— Joanna Lee, Darrin Stephens (1964-1969 eps.), Dick York, imdb.com
Samantha, you know if you'd married one of those nice warlocks that were crazy about you, none of this would have happened.
You bring him back or I'll make your life miserable for you. And you know I can do it. I'll move in with you.
Samantha Stephens: Darren, have you been drinking? Darrin Stephens: Your mother was right! Samantha Stephens: You have been drinking!
— Bernard Slade, Samantha Stephens, Elizabeth Montgomery, imdb.com
I detest sounding like one of those mothers who thinks they know it all, but unfortunately, I do.
Samantha: He's a dear, sweet, wonderful, perfectly marvelous man. Endora: Oh, my poor baby. He sounds simply horrible.
— Sol Saks, Samantha Stephens, Elizabeth Montgomery, imdb.com
[speaking to a recorder an apology to Alice] Hello, Alice. This is me, Ralph. Alice, I'm sorry. I'm miserable without ya. Please come back to me, Alice. I apologize for everything I've said. I even apologize to your mother. I know she doesn't mean the things she says, Alice, it's just her nature. Sh…
— A.J. Russell, Herbert Finn, Ralph Kramden, Jackie Gleason, imdb.com
[to Alice's mother; shouting] You—are a blabbermouth! A blabbermouth! You! Blabbermouth! Out!
— A.J. Russell, Herbert Finn, Ralph Kramden, Jackie Gleason, imdb.com
Alice Kramden: Now you listen to me, Ralph. My mother is coming here and you're going to be nice to her. Ralph Kramden: Be nice to her? That's impossible! We don't get along. We're enemies, natural enemies. Like a boa constrictor and a mongoose. She hates me, Alice! Alice Kramden: Ralph, Mother does…
— Marvin Marx, Walter Stone, Alice Kramden, Audrey Meadows, imdb.com
Dear Mom, I just thought I'd write and tell you this. A mother-in-law is the most criticized, the most misunderstood and the most defenseless of all women. The average woman must be clever enough to know when to speak, but a mother-in-law must know when to keep silent. She must be very wise; wise en…
— Marvin Marx, Walter Stone, Ralph Kramden, Jackie Gleason, imdb.com
Ralph Kramden: Name one thing that could possibly be worse than my mother-in-law coming. Ed Norton: My mother-in-law coming! Boy, compared to her coming, the invasion of locusts was a boon to mankind! Ralph Kramden: Don't start, Norton. Don't try to compare your mother-in-law with my mother-in-law,…
— Marvin Marx, Walter Stone, Ralph Kramden, Jackie Gleason, imdb.com
Ralph Kramden: [Alice's mother has been engaging in her typical insult-based banter with Ralph] Oh, you're startin' right in, huh? Startin' right in with the insults! No warmin' up in the bullpen or nothin', huh? Startin' right in! I remember when you used come over, you used to to start slow with a…
— Marvin Marx, Walter Stone, Ralph Kramden, Jackie Gleason, imdb.com