Ann B. Ross > Quotes

“I certainly supported a woman's right to choose, but to my mind the time to choose was before, not after the fact.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Throws a Wedding

“Be kind to everyone - you don't know what cross they're bearing and how sweet that kind word might ring.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind

“I don't believe in speaking ill of the dead, even when it's the truth.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind

“A good wife always encourages her husband in his interests. For one thing, they keep him occupied and out from under foot most of the day.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Delivers the Goods

“...have you ever noticed how the one who wants to please never does?”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind

“...one or both of those babies could be president one day. Or they could discover the cure for a terrible disease, or one could be a famous musician or even a preacher.' I stopped and considered for a minute, wondering what would impress her more than that. 'Or just be fine and decent men or women, or man and woman, who would be a blessing to you in your old age. There's a purpose for every soul that comes into this world...”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Delivers the Goods

“there is no virtue in doing something for someone else when it’s something you also want to do. That’s merely being helpful, but it’s hardly commendable. The real virtue is in doing something you don’t want to do, but doing it because someone else wants it.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia's Marvelous Makeover

“We don't wanta lose that little baby. Miss Hazel Marie might think she don't want it, but she do. If she lose it, she be worse upset than if she don't. When the Lord send a baby, he send the wantin', too.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Delivers the Goods

“I am a Christian, you know, Julia.'
So am I. But I'm not above staying out of jail any way I can.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Meets Her Match

“Whenever Papa said, 'Jump,' I was always the first one in the air.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind

“You'd better have a firm foundation when you go out into the world. There's no telling what you'll run into.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia to the Rescue

“I could think of that might still be around was his gallstones. You know how”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Stands Her Ground

“Well!” LuAnne said, attempting to laugh it off. “I guess we both went to Dillard’s, didn’t we?”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Paints the Town

“I certainly supported a woman’s right to choose, but to my mind the time to choose was before, not after the fact.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Throws a Wedding

“You don’t have to dress up or anything, not like when you go to Wal-Mart or something.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Paints the Town

“had to be helped to my bed when he came home looking for all the world like an aging Britney Spears, only better dressed,”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Meets Her Match

“but I didn’t see the humor since I didn’t know Maggie May from Sara Lee. I”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia's School of Beauty

“You’re saying that wealthy men can commit sins that would condemn a poor man.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind

“Don’t be silly, Lillian,” I said, waving my hand. “If she can play any kind of instrument, I want her. Just no accordions.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Throws a Wedding

“Everybody’s young to me, Hazel Marie,” I said, feeling every year of my age.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia's School of Beauty

“was too busy trying to catch Hazel Marie’s eye over or between stems of late summer roses”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Delivers the Goods

“I’ve always found that you can handle problems better if you have regular movements on a daily basis.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind

“been said that those who don’t know history are bound to repeat it, and if you don’t believe that, just read even a little about the decline of the Roman Empire and compare it to what you read in the morning newspaper or hear on the news. High taxes, constant wars, large bureaucracies, falling birth rates, multiple divorces, social license, decreasing agricultural acreage, increasing city populations on the dole, incompetent governance, porous borders, rebellions, and increasing demands for government handouts.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Knows a Thing or Two

“Mrs. Knowles looked off in the distance, which wasn’t all that far in a trailer, and tapped her worn fingers on the arm of the recliner.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia's School of Beauty

“He and his entourage took up almost all the Holiday Inn out by the interstate, and reporters from as far away as Asheville descended on us. Sonny was big news, and so was the state of his marriage.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia's School of Beauty

“Just because someone grows up shouldn’t mean that the people who helped him get that way no longer counted.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Knows a Thing or Two

“That’s why I liked the Presbyterian church; we believed in doing things decently and in order. When you went to church, you knew exactly what you were going to get. We didn’t want to be surprised or entertained. And, Lord knows, we didn’t want anything changed.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind

“It sure did grow big snowballs, didn’t it?”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Hits the Road

“I'm going to stop worrying about storms. As you said, they're coming whether we like it or not. But as long as you're around, I can weather them all.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Weathers the Storm

“Little Lloyd, what in the world are you watching?” He was sitting there, his eyes glued to the screen where a half-naked girl was performing calisthenics to something that passed for music. “Britney Spears,” he said.”
― Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Throws a Wedding