Memorable Quotes from Margaret Whitton
6 quotesA Flattering Moment of Self-Reflection
Brantley Foster
Can I make a personal observation?
[after sex]
Vera
Um, anything but the thighs.
Brantley Foster
You know, somebody sold you a bill of goods and convinced you you had to be 21 forever. I think you're terrific; I think the only thing wrong with you is your husband is a jerk. You're beautiful, you're intelligent, you're sensuous...
Vera Prescott
Say that again!
Brantley Foster
Which part?
Vera
All of it!
Vera Prescott
Oh, no.
Brantley Foster
What, what is it?
Vera Prescott
It's the jerk.
Vera Prescott
My husband.
Brantley Foster
My uncle!
Vera Prescott
Your what?
Brantley Foster
Oh God, that makes you...
Vera Prescott
Auntie Vera?
Brantley Foster
Oh! God!
Brantley Foster
Oh God, Oh God, Oh God! What's my mother going to say? I've disgraced my whole family!
Vera
Oh, the hell you did!
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Aunt and Nephew Discuss Life Changes
Brantley Foster
Aunt Vera, listen, since the last time we met there's been a change.
Vera Prescott
Yes... nice suit, Brantley!
Brantley Foster
Agh! Ow! Look, what I mean to say is... Oh, Christ! I'm not free any more!
Vera Prescott
What, you're going to charge me? Oh ho, you're getting awfully cynical - does your mother know about this?
Brantley Foster
Ohh, no, I am not available.
Vera Prescott
Oh, good, you're not going to charge me.
Brantley Foster
Look, I like you, I really like you, but I gotta tell you, I have become seriously and emotionally involved with someone who isn't my aunt.
Vera Prescott
I forgive you, Brantley.
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Character Confusion and Revelations in Dialogue
Howard Prescott
Let me get this straight - Brantley is Whitfield?
Brantley Foster
That's right. Brantley is Whitfield; Whitfield is Brantley.
Vera Prescott
And Christy is the bimbo! Well, now that we've all had Mouseketeer roll call, I'm just going to go call my lawyer.
Howard Prescott
No, wait a minute. Christy is not the bimbo I was screwing around with at the office.
Christy Wills
People better stop calling me bimbo!
Howard Prescott
It was an entirely different bimbo altogether.
Vera Prescott
That's fine; how many bimbos would you say there were?
Howard Prescott
I misspoke myself. There weren't any bimbos at all.
Brantley Foster
Except Christy.
Howard Prescott
Right. No!
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The Power of Charm in Business
Vera Prescott
I'm going to introduce you to the most powerful money men in New York, and if you can do to them what you've done to me...
Brantley Foster
I can't do that!
Vera Prescott
I mean bowl them over, darling! You're irresistible when you turn on that boyish charm.
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Complicated Relationships and Seduction Dynamics
Brantley Foster
At least I didn't sleep with the boss.
Christy Wills
No, you slept with the boss's wife!
Brantley Foster
She seduced me!
Christy Wills
He seduced ME! What's the difference?
Brantley Foster
I couldn't help it. You went willingly.
Christy Wills
I suppose you were tied up in chains.
Brantley Foster
No, the question is how many people did you sleep with in order to get to the top?
Vera Prescott
That was a very expensive vase, you BITCH!
Christy Wills
SHUT UP! What I did was my business, not yours!
Brantley Foster
No, you mean it was company business!
Christy Wills
That's right! And that's all it was. Business!
[snarkily]
Brantley Foster
I'll tell you something, sweetheart. You're very good at your job.
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Complicated Relationships in the Workplace
Brantley Foster
We have a problem.
Vera Prescott
What?
Brantley Foster
It's your husband: he's my boss.
Vera Prescott
O-oh, him. We won't tell him. Besides, Howard's working late tonight - on whom, I have no idea.
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