From the same one where the "sunshine in a bag" quote came is one of my favorites...
Blanche: "I cannot sleep...to sleep...perchance to dream... *gasps in shock* MY GOD, what a WONDERFUL LINE!"
Then there's the ones in my siggie.
**Gracie**
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Delivery guy: "Blanche Deverux?"
Dorothy: "That's Devereaux...it's only pronounced the other way in limericks."
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Sophia: "Let me tell you girls the three most important things I learned about life: number one, hold fast to your friends; number two, there's no such thing as security; and number three, don't go see "Ishtar." Woof!"
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Dorothy: "You'll have to excuse my mother, she recently had a stroke rendering her totally annoying."
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Sophia: "Sticks and stones may brake your bones, but cement pays homage to tradition!"
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Sophia: "I think im pregnant."
Dorothy: "What happened, the rabbit died laughing?"
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Memorable Quotes from
"Golden Girls, The" (1985)
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Sophia: I need the money for my old age.
Dorothy: Old age? You don't leave fingerprints anymore!
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Dorothy: Oh c'mon, Blanche. Age is just a state of mind.
Blanche: Tell that to my thighs.
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Rose: My mother always used to say: "The older you get,the better you get, unless you're a banana."
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Dorothy: What are you trying to say, Rose? Weddings make you HOT?
Rose: Yes!
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Dorothy: Rose, I know this is a long shot, but did you take much acid during the sixties?
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Rose: Sophia, why are you in such a bad mood?
Sophia: Excuse me Rose, I haven't had sex in fifteen years and its starting to get on my nerves.
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Dorothy Zbornak: So you're five years older. So am I, so is Blanche. Alright, so you have a few more wrinkles. So do I, so does Blanche. OK, so you're a little thicker around the middle. So is Blanche.
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Dorothy Zbornak: Hi, ma. Where are you going?
Sophia Petrillo: To the boardwalk. I like to watch the old guys rearrange themselves when they come out of the water.
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Blanche Devereaux: He is so sophisticated and charming and rich and handsome. He fairly screams Blanche. At least he will when I'm through with him.
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Sophia Petrillo: Jean is a lesbian.
Blanche Devereaux: What's so bad about that?
Sophia Petrillo: You're not surprised?!
Blanche Devereaux: Well I haven't known any personally but ain't Danny Thomas one?
Dorothy Zbornak: Not Lebanese, Blanche. Lesbian.
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Blanche Devereaux: I do love the rain so. It reminds me of my first kiss.
Dorothy Zbornak: Ah, you're first kiss was in the rain?
Blanche Devereaux: No it was in the shower.
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Blanche Devereaux: What do you think of my new dress? Is it me?
Sophia Petrillo: It's too tight, it's too short and shows too much cleavage for a woman your age.
Dorothy Zbornak: Yes, Blanche. It's you.
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[Sophia enters kitchen]
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak Hollingsworth: You couldn't sleep either, huh?
Sophia Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock: No, I'm sleeping so good I thought I'd come try it in the sink.
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Miles Webber: I'm a college professor, Rose. What did you think when I said I taught Hemingway?
Rose Lindstrom Nylund: I thought you were old.
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Blanche Hollingsworth Devereaux: We just rented that movie Aliens, it scared us half to death.
Sophia Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock: I found it scary too. That Sigourney Weaver is a sweet girl but she really shouldn't go without makeup.
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Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak Hollingsworth: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose Lindstrom Nylund: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak Hollingsworth: Do you see my point?
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Blanche Hollingsworth Devereaux: I'm jumpier than a virgin at a prison rodeo!
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak Hollingsworth: That's pretty jumpy.
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Rose Lindstrom Nylund: Can I ask a dumb question?
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak Hollingsworth: Like no one else.
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Blanche Hollingsworth Devereaux: This is strictly off the record but Dirk is nearly five years younger than I am.
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak Hollingsworth: In what, Blanche, dog years?
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Blanche Hollingsworth Devereaux: I treat my body like a temple.
Sophia Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock: Yeah, open to everyone. Day or night.
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Blanche Hollingsworth Devereaux: He has dipped his toe in the lake known as "Blanche."
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Mr. Stanley 'Stan' Zbornak: Hello Sophia, you're looking younger every day.
Sophia Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock: Hi Stan, and that's a beautiful toupee you're wearing. Great, now we're both lying.
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Rose: "Now, I know no one wants to hear any of my stories right now..."
Dorothy: "That's always a safe bet, Rose."
Rose: "...but you need to hear about my cousin Ingmar. He was different. He used to do bird imitations."
Blanche: "Well, what's wrong with that?"
Rose: "Well, let's just say you wouldn't want to park your car under their oak tree."
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Rose: "Sophia, why are you in such a bad mood?"
Sophia: "Excuse me Rose, I haven't had sex in fifteen years and its starting to get on my nerves."