Your mother formed an incorrect opinion of you and, naturally, you agreed with her. Children always think their parents are right. But in this case, your mother was entirely wrong. Think about it. You...
You're just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode. That's what you are, a bee charmer.
To Toot One’s Own Horn Is Unattractive.
Now, I’m not saying they can help it, all I am saying is that in order for this world to keep on progressing the women have got to run things. The trick is to do it without them knowing it.
Mrs. Threadgoode laughed at the thought. Oh honey, I’ve buried my share, and each one hurt as bad as the last one. And there have been times when I’ve wondered why the good Lord handed me so many sorr...
I’m too young to be old and too old to be young.
It's always the darkest just before the glorious dawn.
It was the story of her life and probably how she had survived this long: with a little talent and a lot of flair.
It seemed to numerous voters that, thanks to the growing power of the ACLU, criminals were beginning to have more rights than the victims. Preachers across the country were becoming alarmed about the...
I wish I could describe what it feels like to have thousands of people listening to your every word, how easy it is to please them, to get that applause and to hear them out there screaming for you. I...
His idea of how the country was doing had been determined by the size of the butts he picked up off the sidewalk.
Every woman wants to get married and have children.
A person lives for years, touches so many people, and then at the end winds up just a small picture and a few paragraphs in the paper, the paper gets thrown away, and it’s all over.
Your camellias are holding up
Do you know that’s the same woman
You think people are some kind of pure, white feathered birds flying in the clouds. They’re not. They’re pigs and they love to wallow in the mud and dirt.
You got some idealist idea about man being some noble creature … and all this crap about how we can change human nature. You can’t change it, you’re beating your head against a brick wall. People have...
What can I tell you about the town? I suppose if you had driven through it back
Those Russkies won’t put up with your whining and bellyaching for one second. I believe in freedom and individual rights as well as the next man but nobody has the right to live here and do nothing bu...
They say the truth can set you free, but sometimes it can really depress the hell out of you.