Veda Quotes in ATL (2006)

Veda: Who's that?

Star: I don't know. They keep hangin' up.

Veda: Star 69 them.

Star: Excuse me, I am not a hoe.

[after Veda, who just arrived in Kid's bedroom, slaps Kid's behind]

Kid: Hey! How about a big, juicy good morning kiss?

Veda: Not with that good morning breath.

[laughs]

Kid: Well. Look, just one kiss. That's all I want.

Veda: With this money I can get away from you. From you and your chickens and your pies and your kitchens and everything that smells of grease. I can get away from this shack with its cheap furniture. And this town and its dollar days, and its women that wear uniforms and its men that wear overalls.

Veda: You think just because you made a little money you can get a new hairdo and some expensive clothes and turn yourself into a lady. But you can't, because you'll never be anything but a common frump whose father lived over a grocery store and whose mother took in washing.

Veda: [kissing check] Well, that's that!

Mildred: I'm sorry this had to happen; sorry for the boy, he seemed very nice.

Veda: Oh Ted's all right really. Did you see the look on his face when we told him he was going to be a father?

[laughs]

Mildred: I wish you wouldn't joke about it.

Veda: Mother, you're a scream, really you are. The next thing I know you'll be knitting little garments.

[laughs]

Mildred: I don't see anything so ridiculous about that.

Veda: If I were you, I'd save myself the trouble.

Mildred: [pause] You're not going to have a baby?

Veda: At this stage, it's a matter of opinion. And in my opinion, I'm going to have a baby. I can always be mistaken.

Veda: That's what I like about you, Ida. You're so delightfully provincial.

Ida: [Sarcastically] And I like you, too.

[to Monte]

Ida: Don't look now, Junior, but you're standing under a brick wall.

Monte: I don't get it.

Ida: You will - when it falls on you.

Monte: We weren't expecting you Mildred, obviously.

Veda: It's just as well you know. I'm glad you know.

Mildred: How long has this been going on?

Veda: It's the dress. It's awfully cheap material. I can tell by the smell.

Kay Pierce: What did you expect? Want it inlaid with gold?

Veda: Well, it seems to me, if you're buying anything, it should be the best. This is definitely not the best.

Kay Pierce: Oh, quit. You're breakin' my heart.

Mildred: You've been snooping around ever since I got this job, trying to find out what it is - and now you know - you know don't you.

Veda: [innocently] Know what? Know what mother?

Mildred: You knew when you gave that uniform to Lottie that it was mine didn't you.

Veda: [feigns surprise] Your uniform!

Mildred: Yes, I'm waiting tables in a downtown restaurant.

Veda: [contemptuous] My mother - a waitress.

Kay Pierce: You ought to do something about your sit-down.

Veda: What's wrong with it?

Kay Pierce: It sticks out.

Veda: I don't like this house.

Mildred: Neither do I. But that's no reason to marry a man I'm not in love with.

Veda: Why not?

Mildred: Veda, does a new house mean so much to you that you would trade me for it?

Veda: I didn't mean it, Mother.