Movie Quotes Blog

Ma Kettle:
Nancy… Nancy hold still!

Susie Kettle:
I’m Susie, Ma.

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Ma Kettle:
[about Pa’s underwear] It’s the latest thing, Billy Reed said they’d fit perfectly.

Pa Kettle:
They probably would if he were in them with me!

Ma Kettle:
[laughs] Well, we’ll just pin them up for right now, they’ll shrink once I wash them.

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Mrs. Birdie Hicks:
[after getting the Kettles evicted] Good day.

Ma Kettle:
[grabs Birdie] Listen here Birdie, it may be a good day for you, but it ain’t for Pa. All the poor man wanted was a new tobacco pouch and instead he won a house he didn’t want and he got a bad sunburn.

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Susie Kettle:
[all the kids announce themselves] Nancy… no, I’m Susie.

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Tom Kettle:
Theories are nice, Ma, but not when they break up families and threaten lives.

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Ma Kettle:
Now hang on there, Billy.

Danny Kettle:
I’m Danny!

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Ma Kettle:
[she and Pa are watching themselves on the news, and they’re showing more children than just their 15] Turn that thing off before our family gets any bigger!

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