Waiting to Exhale Quotes

Fireman: Ma'am, were you aware that your car was on fire? [Bernadine nods her head while smoking a cigarette]
Fireman: Ma'am, did you start his fire [she puffs smoke and plainly looks at him]
Fireman: You know, it's against the law to burn anything except trash in your yard.
Bernadine: [flicks off ashes from her cigarette] It is trash.
Fireman: Look, this is a nice area. Luckily a neighbor cared enough. Listen, the next time you want to burn something...
Bernadine: It won't happen again. [she shuts the door in his face]

Movie: Waiting to Exhale
Gloria: Would you like to have dinner with us tonight? It's just leftovers. Collard greens and corn bread, some candied yams, a little potato salad, fried chicken, peach cobbler and a few slices of ham.
Marvin: I would love to, but I've got so much to do around here. Maybe some other time.
Gloria: To be honest, I don't have no business eating any of it as big as I am.
Marvin: My wife was a big woman too. I like a woman with some meat on her bones.

Movie: Waiting to Exhale