Mrs. Paroo Quotes in The Music Man (1962)

[in song]

Marian Paroo: Do you think that I'd allow a common masher - ? Now, really, mama. I have my standards where men are concerned and I have no intention...

Mrs. Paroo: I know all about your standards and if you don't mind my sayin' so there's not a man alive who could hope to measure up to that blend of Paul Bunyan, Saint Pat, and Noah Webster you've concocted for yourself out of your Irish imagination, your Iowa stubbornness, and your li'berry full of books!

[in song]

Mrs. Paroo: When a woman's got a husband, and you've got none, why should she take advice from you? Even if you can quote Balzac and Shakespeare and all them other high-falutin' Greeks.

[On Marion's choosiness when it comes to men]

Mrs. Paroo: It's a well-known principle that if you keep the flint in one drawer and the steel in the other, you'll never strike much of a fire.

Amaryllis: I'm having a party on Saturday. I'd like it if you could come.

Mrs. Paroo: Well, Amaryllis asked you to her party. Are you going or not?

Winthrop Paroo: No

Mrs. Paroo: No what?

Winthrop Paroo: No, thank you.

Mrs. Paroo: No thank you, who? You know the little girl's name.

Amaryllis: I bet he won't say it.

Mrs. Paroo: No, "thank you, WHO," Winthrop?

Winthrop Paroo: No, thank you, AMARYLLITH!

Amaryllis: Amaryllith! Amaryllith!