John Henry:
Berenice, which eye's your mind's eye?
Berenice Sadie Brown: Don't yank my head back like that, Candy. Frankie and I aren't going to go flying through the ceiling.
--Ethel Waters (as ) in The Member of the Wedding
Berenice Sadie Brown: Don't yank my head back like that, Candy. Frankie and I aren't going to go flying through the ceiling.
--Ethel Waters (as ) in The Member of the Wedding
John Henry:
Mean old bossy Frankie!
Berenice Sadie Brown: Just what is she doing that's so mean? Just trying to get some rest.
--Ethel Waters (as ) in The Member of the Wedding
Berenice Sadie Brown: Just what is she doing that's so mean? Just trying to get some rest.
--Ethel Waters (as ) in The Member of the Wedding
Petunia Jackson:
[after she runs Jim Henry and his crony off] Oh, Lord! Please forgive me for backsliding, but sometimes when you fight the Devil you've got to jab him with his own pitchfork!
--Ethel Waters (as Petunia Jackson) in Cabin in the Sky
--Ethel Waters (as Petunia Jackson) in Cabin in the Sky