The Little Colonel Quotes

Elizabeth Lloyd Sherman: Mom Beck, I'm expecting Aunt Sally Tyler for lunch. Will you have enough?
Becky Porter: I don't know if I can stretch one small chicken, but as long as the water's runnin', we'll have soup enough.
Elizabeth Lloyd Sherman: Well, do the best you can. [Lloyd picks up a cookie]
Elizabeth Lloyd Sherman: Honey, don't eat that now. You'll spoil your lunch. [Lloyd puts down the cookie]
Miss Lloyd Sherman: Is Aunt Sally Tyler my aunt too?
Elizabeth Lloyd Sherman: She's your great-aunt, dear.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: My great-aunt? Oh, I remember, the big fat one.
Elizabeth Lloyd Sherman: You must be very polite to her, dear. She's coming all the way from Louisville to see us.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: All right, Mother, I will.

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Miss Lloyd Sherman: Mom Beck, why doesn't my grandfather want to come in and see my mother?
Becky Porter: Well, he mighty mad at she, and I guess she mad at he.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: Why?
Becky Porter: Your grandfather get mad when your mama marry your daddy.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: But he's her papa, isn't he?
Becky Porter: Sure 'nough.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: Aren't papas supposed to love their little girls?
Becky Porter: Yes, honey, they should.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: It seems might funny to me.
Becky Porter: It's 'cause all the Lloyds are stubborn. The old colonel is, your mama is, and you is.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: I'm not stubborn! Don't you call me that!
Becky Porter: Don't you stomp your foot at me. That don't change it, that just proves it.

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Miss Lloyd Sherman: Mom Beck?
Becky Porter: What, honey?
Miss Lloyd Sherman: What's a poorhouse?
Becky Porter: Oh, that's the place where they send people who got no money.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: Is it nice?
Becky Porter: No, honey. It's a terrible place. The people there wear rags, and all they get to eat is corn dodgers out of tin pans.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: Then I don't want my mother to have to go there.
Becky Porter: Oh, why, honey child, your mother won't never have to go to no poorhouse. We wouldn't let that happen, would we, Brother Walker?
Walker: I should say not.
Becky Porter: Now don't you worry your pretty little head about things like that. The Lord always provides.
Walker: Amen!

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Miss Lloyd Sherman: Mother, who was that?
Elizabeth Lloyd Sherman: Your grandfather.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: Why didn't he come in?
Elizabeth Lloyd Sherman: He didn't want to.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: Did he make you cry?

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Swazey: Why, Jack, old partner! What's happened to you?
Jack Sherman: I've been very ill.
Swazey: Gee, that's too bad. Anything we can do? Maybe when you find out what we've come for, you'll feel better. When we sold you that land, we did it in good faith. We thought there was gold and plenty on it, and then we went off to California. On our way back, we stopped to see how you were faring, and we found out what had happened. Partner, we felt bad. Didn't we?
Hull: That's right.
Swazey: Now we'll prove we're honest. We made a long trip to find you to give you back your money.
Jack Sherman: You did, did you?
Swazey: Why, I couldn't sleep again if I thought you'd lost money. All we ask is that you hand over the deed to the property, and we'll pay you what you paid us, fair and square.
Jack Sherman: That's very kind and generous of you. Now be kind enough to get out of my house! You found out my land was valuable and the railroad wanted it, and I found out what kind of men you are. Now get out!
Swazey: Now partner, we came here to make an honest business deal for that deed. But if you're going to get rough about it, we'll have to get it another way.

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Swazey: You oughta be glad to see us. We're old friends of yours.
Hull: We've come a long way to see your daddy. Where is he?
Miss Lloyd Sherman: He's at home, and he's sick.
Swazey: Gee, that's too bad.
Hull: Where's home?
Miss Lloyd Sherman: Down at the end of the road.
Swazey: Thanks, Colonel. You're still a colonel, I suppose? Well, goodbye.
Miss Lloyd Sherman: Oh, those are bad men! I heard Papa Jack say so.

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