The Nanny Quotes
Mr. Sheffield: Ladies, tell me: What could be better than my new play being nominated for a Tony Award?
Sylvia: Your face on my grandchild.
Sylvia: Your face on my grandchild.
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Dr. Miller: It's really a typical adolescent reaction. Someone else is in the limelight and they lash out to get attention.
Mr. Sheffield: So what would you suggest?
Dr. Miller: Have you tried one of those trophies that says: "Butler Of The Year"?
Mr. Sheffield: So what would you suggest?
Dr. Miller: Have you tried one of those trophies that says: "Butler Of The Year"?
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Mr. Sheffield: If Barbra Streisand and your mother were both drowning, who would you save?
Fran: I'd save my mother. Barbra can walk on water.
Fran: I'd save my mother. Barbra can walk on water.
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Mr. Sheffield: Does everyone eat like this on the Jewish holidays, Ms. Fine?
Fran: Why do you think we wandered the desert for 40 years? We were walking off the meal.
Fran: Why do you think we wandered the desert for 40 years? We were walking off the meal.
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Tasha: You are exactly what I've been looking for. You are the voice of the people.
Fran: And not just the people. Dogs hear me too.
Fran: And not just the people. Dogs hear me too.
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Niles: [To C.C.] Look at your shiny new coat. Have you been adding cod liver oil to your diet?
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Mr. Sheffield: Ms. Fine, before Tom and his son get here, we have a little saying in the theatre: "Mess with the investor, move back in with your mother."
Fran: I have a saying: "Mess with the nanny... please."
Fran: I have a saying: "Mess with the nanny... please."
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Niles: I just spent four hours putting together a gazebo for Ms. Babcock's terrace.
Maggie: Ms. Babcock doesn't have a terrace.
Niles: Now we both know.
Maggie: Ms. Babcock doesn't have a terrace.
Niles: Now we both know.
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Niles: I think Mr. Sheffield would really like you to come with him when he takes the children to Hawaii.
Fran: It's always the same thing: Dancing in the moonlight, walking on the beaches then falling into bed wrapped in each other's arms.
Niles: Since when?
Fran: Since Gracie doesn't like to sleep alone.
Fran: It's always the same thing: Dancing in the moonlight, walking on the beaches then falling into bed wrapped in each other's arms.
Niles: Since when?
Fran: Since Gracie doesn't like to sleep alone.
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Niles: Ms. Fine, you're telling me that you've taken a job on a soap and you're not coming home?... Well, of course, I'm shocked! They gave you a speaking part?!
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Niles: You don't know what it is to be the only one of your friends who's not married.
Fran: Hello?!
Niles: And over 40.
Fran: Not a clue.
Fran: Hello?!
Niles: And over 40.
Fran: Not a clue.
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Mr. Sheffield: Ms. Fine, I'm not sure how much longer I can control my feelings for you.
Fran: Er... Wait three to four seconds and let 'er rip.
Fran: Er... Wait three to four seconds and let 'er rip.
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Niles: I've been killing myself all week trying to drop a pound. How does Mr. Sheffield keep in shape?
Fran: Running from commitment.
Fran: Running from commitment.
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Mr. Sheffield: Ms. Fine, I have to talk to you about our relationship and the way it seems to have escalated.
Fran: Wait a minute, you said "our", "relationship" and "escalated" in the same sentence. Should I book a hall?
Fran: Wait a minute, you said "our", "relationship" and "escalated" in the same sentence. Should I book a hall?
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C. C.: I just don't understand why Maxwell would ask Nanny Fine on a date! I should be going to Elton John's dinner, not her. I am the one with sophistication! I am the one with savvy! Why would he pick her over me?
Niles: HE DOESN'T LIKE YOU!!
C.C.: [In tears] Why?!!... What am I doing wrong?
Niles: Well, for one thing, you've known him for 25 years or half your life and you don't even know the names of his children.
Niles: HE DOESN'T LIKE YOU!!
C.C.: [In tears] Why?!!... What am I doing wrong?
Niles: Well, for one thing, you've known him for 25 years or half your life and you don't even know the names of his children.
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Sylvia: Ma, how could you wear pants to a formal affair?
Yetta: This isn't a gown?! And here I am thinking I look so sexy with this high slit.
Yetta: This isn't a gown?! And here I am thinking I look so sexy with this high slit.
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Sylvia [to Fran]: Darling, you remember your prom night when you came home with your dress all disheveled and your bra sticking out of your purse?
Fran: Yeah.
Sylvia: Let's hope history repeats itself!
Fran: Yeah.
Sylvia: Let's hope history repeats itself!
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Fran: Every since me and Mr. Sheffield started heating things up, we haven't had a moment alone.
Sylvia: Just tell anyone who bothers you, go away. Leave us alone. We want privacy.
Fran: Go away. Leave us alone. We want privacy.
Sylvia: Just tell anyone who bothers you, go away. Leave us alone. We want privacy.
Fran: Go away. Leave us alone. We want privacy.
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Maxwell: Oh, Niles, do you think that Ms. Babcock's upset that I asked Nanny Fine out on a date?
Niles: Oh, no sir.
Maxwell: Well, I'd hate for her to think that I didn't like her.
Niles: (innocently) Oh, wherever would she get that idea?
Maxwell: Oh, I don't know. Maybe from SOME BIG FAT BUTLER SCREAMING IT IN HER FACE! (Niles clutches his heart, takes something out from his pocket, and puts it in his mouth) Oh, stop it, I know those are bloody Tic-Tacs!
Niles: Oh, no sir.
Maxwell: Well, I'd hate for her to think that I didn't like her.
Niles: (innocently) Oh, wherever would she get that idea?
Maxwell: Oh, I don't know. Maybe from SOME BIG FAT BUTLER SCREAMING IT IN HER FACE! (Niles clutches his heart, takes something out from his pocket, and puts it in his mouth) Oh, stop it, I know those are bloody Tic-Tacs!
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Brighton: Is it true back then people used to listen to their music on some sort of primitive large black vinyl disc?
Fran: Only when we weren't enjoying our favorite pastime, child hurling.
Fran: Only when we weren't enjoying our favorite pastime, child hurling.
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C. C.: Some gorgeous woman is shamelessly throwing herself at Maxwell.
Fran: I know but I blew it on our first date.
C.C.: Not YOU! Bobbie Flekman! Now go and put on a short skirt and get in there and flirt!
Fran: It's too late! The man hates me!
C.C.: So you blew it! Are you going to let one lousy date discourage you, you wuss?! I didn't even let his wife stand in my way. You think I'm pathetic now? You should have seen me as her maid of honor!
Fran: Forget it! He's never going to ask me out again.
C.C.: It's only because he's torn between you and the woman he loves.
Fran: Who?
C.C.: ME!
Fran: I know but I blew it on our first date.
C.C.: Not YOU! Bobbie Flekman! Now go and put on a short skirt and get in there and flirt!
Fran: It's too late! The man hates me!
C.C.: So you blew it! Are you going to let one lousy date discourage you, you wuss?! I didn't even let his wife stand in my way. You think I'm pathetic now? You should have seen me as her maid of honor!
Fran: Forget it! He's never going to ask me out again.
C.C.: It's only because he's torn between you and the woman he loves.
Fran: Who?
C.C.: ME!
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Niles: Miss Fine, it's been two weeks. The mourning period has to end!
Fran: (sniffling) It's just so tragic!
Niles: A lot of people screw up their first date.
Fran: (sniffling) It's just so tragic!
Niles: A lot of people screw up their first date.
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Maggie: Brighton, you are so pathetic. (to Fran) I mean he walks around the house all day with his guitar and he doesn't even know how to play.
Brighton: Hey, you wear a bra.
Maggie: Hey, at least I've actually seen one!
Brighton: Hey, you wear a bra.
Maggie: Hey, at least I've actually seen one!
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Bobbie Fleckman: Oh, they're so sweet, they're so fresh... come on, they're the hottest band in town. [to Fran] Don't you love Wu Tang Clan?
Fran: Uh, with chicken or pork?
Fran: Uh, with chicken or pork?
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Brighton: (to Fran about a favor she helped him with) Oh, by the way, how can I thank you for getting Dad to say yes.
Fran: (holding up the ring finger on her left hand) Get your dad to say yes.
Fran: (holding up the ring finger on her left hand) Get your dad to say yes.
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C.C. : Don't you see, Bobbi Flekman is an amalgamation of the two of us. She is everything he is searching for in a woman. (Points to herself) Beauty, brains, and (Points to Fran) a slut.
Fran: Hey! You know, you may be onto something.
Fran: Hey! You know, you may be onto something.
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Fran: Ms. Babcock, I have something to tell you that is going to be very hard for you to take.
C. C.: [To Mr. Sheffield] YOU ASKED HER TO MARRY YOU, YOU SCUM?!! TEN YEARS OF MY LIFE I HAVE—
Mr. Sheffield: C.C.!! C.C.!! Ms. Fine lost Chester in Central Park.
C.C.: Phew! You scared the hell out of me.
C. C.: [To Mr. Sheffield] YOU ASKED HER TO MARRY YOU, YOU SCUM?!! TEN YEARS OF MY LIFE I HAVE—
Mr. Sheffield: C.C.!! C.C.!! Ms. Fine lost Chester in Central Park.
C.C.: Phew! You scared the hell out of me.
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