Up the Down Staircase - Exploring the Meaning of "Ruthless" in Context
Sylvia Barrett:
The theme of MacBeth is that too much ambition can lead to ruthless ambition, and end up in disaster. That's what words are for - to be used. Who can tell me what "ruthless" means? Joe?
Sylvia Barrett:
Eddie?
Eddie Williams:
Steps all over.
Sylvia Barrett:
Use it in a sentence.
Eddie Williams:
Steps all over, like white people. I know because I'm colored.
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Up the Down Staircase - The Balance of Fear and Freedom in Education
Mr. McHabe:
Oh. Suggestions, Miss Barrett, ahh? I must say you've got guts.
Sylvia Barrett:
It's just an idea, Mr. McHabe. It seems to me that if the students have a chance to speak freely without fear of punishment...
Mr. McHabe:
Listen, you start running this school with ideas, you'll have riots in your rooms. Fear - That's all they understand.
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Up the Down Staircase - Embracing Reality as a Fundamental of Life
Sylvia Barrett:
If you deny what you know, or what you are, or where you are, you deny the simplest part of being alive, and then you die.
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Up the Down Staircase - Misunderstanding in the Teacher-Student Relationship
Sylvia Barrett:
When I finally get the chance, the first few precious minutes to talk to them about something I want them to understand, and I find that I am some kind of enemy... the butt of some enormous joke.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Bunny Honey's Playful Exchange with Friends
Nick:
Here we are.
Honey:
Hip, hop! Hip, hop! Hip, hop! Hip, hop!
Nick:
Are you a bunny, Honey?
Honey: [giggles]
Bunny Honey!
George:
Well, now, how's the bunny?
Honey: [giggles]
Bunny funny!
George:
Bunny funny. Good for bunny!
Martha:
Come on, George!
George:
Honey, funny bunny.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - End of the Dance
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Familiar Dance Among Friends and Tension
Honey:
They're dancing like they danced before.
George:
It's a familiar dance, Monkey Nipples. They both know it.
Honey: [drunkenly]
I don't know what you mean.
Martha: [sighs]
I like the way you move.
Nick:
I like the way you move, too.
George: [to Honey]
They like the way they move.
Honey: [drunkenly]
That's nice.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - The Joy of Dancing Together
Honey: [drunkenly]
I want some! I want some dancing!
Martha:
That's not such a bad idea.
Honey:
I love dancing, don't you.
Martha:
With the right man.
Honey:
I dance like the wind.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Responsibility and Blame in Relationships
Martha:
Well, aren't you going to apologize?
George:
Wasn't my fault — the road should've been straight.
Martha:
Not that! For making her throw up.
George:
I did not make her throw up.
Martha:
You most certainly did.
George:
I did not.
Honey: [still drunk]
No, now, no…
Martha:
Well, who do you think did? Sexy, back there? You think he made his own wife sick?
George:
Well, you make me sick.
Martha:
That's different.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Choosing Drinks Among Friends
Martha:
Fix the kids a drink, George. What would you like to drink, kid– kid.
Nick:
Honey? what would you like?
Honey:
Ohhhh, I don't know, dear, a little brandy maybe. "Never mix, never worry!
George:
Brandy? Just brandy? Simple, simple…
George:
What about you, em… em… em…
Nick:
Bourbon on the rocks, if you don't mind.
George:
Mind? I don't mind. I don't think I mind. Martha? Rubbing alcohol for you?
Martha:
Sure! "Never mix, never worry!
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