Mama Joe Quotes in Soul Food (1997)

Mama Joe: You see, in life we all make some bad choices. My husband was a gambler. Almost cost us this house. But I worked, on my hands and knees, cleaning up after white folks. Taking in laundry. You do what you have to do to stay strong.

Mama Joe: [after recieving a doctor's examination] I'm not getting my leg cut off.

Teri: Mama, there's no blood flowing to that leg. You're diabetic.

Maxine: You haven't been watching what you eat.

Mama Joe: [angrily, with tears in her eyes] NOBODY is cutting off my leg! And that's that!

Mama Joe: One finger won't make an impact, but you ball all those fingers into a fist, and you can strike a mighty blow. Now, this family has got to be that fist.