- Ed Brown: The only plant that could survive in this neighborhood is a marijuana plant.
- Chico Rodriguez: Oh, There you go getting nasty again. I got news for you. Your people are bigger potheads than mine.
- Ed Brown: Is that so? Why do they call it Acapulco Gold, not Philadelphia Gold?
- Chico Rodriguez: What line of business are you in?
- Della Rogers: Catering.
- Ed Brown: Catering? Catering? Well, I'll thank you to keep your girls out of my garage.
- Della Rogers: That's not the kind of catering I do. I deliver by truck.
- Ed Brown: I don't care if you deliver by limousine. I don't want your kind around here.
- Ed Brown: That's enough! That does it! You tried to turn my Margaret into a Democrat! You tried to turn my garage into a supermarket! But you're not gonna turn my God into a woman! Get out of my office!
- [Points his left arm to the left]
- Della Rogers: This is my office! You get out!
- [Points her right arm to the right]
- Ed Brown: [Speaking of how the taste of Della's donuts brings back memories] Yeah, This really brings back memories. Oh, I can see it all now. Steaming kitchen, hot pot of boiling oil.
- Della Rogers: Peanut oil?
- Ed Brown: Yeah, Peanut oil.
- Della Rogers: That's my secret recipe.
- Ed Brown: Where'd you get it?
- Della Rogers: From a lady my Mama used to work for when I was about twelve.
- Ed Brown: Twelve?
- Della Rogers: Don't try to figure out how long ago that was, now.
- Ed Brown: [Talking loudly to Chico and pointing at Della] This woman is an agitator!
- Della Rogers: [Yelling at Ed] America was built by agitators!
- Ed Brown: Communist!
- Della Rogers: Fascist!
- Ed Brown: Bolshevik!
- Della Rogers: Idiot!
- Ed Brown: Get out of my garage!
- Ed Brown: Ah, At least I know where I stand in this neighborhood. I know who my enemies are. And at my age it's too late to move to another neighborhood and make new enemies.
- Chico Rodriguez: How about staying in the old neighborhood and making just one friend?
- Louie Wilson: [Speaking to Ed about Della] Did you know that she is known as Joan of Dark?
- Chico Rodriguez: Didn't they burn the first one at the stake?
- Ed Brown: Anybody got a match?
- Chico Rodriguez: Hey Ed, Do you trust me?
- Ed Brown: You're the only person in the world that I trust, now that Eisenhower is gone.
- Della Rogers: [Talking about her memories of Ed's wife] I even remember the first time I took her to an NAACP Meeting.
- Ed Brown: NAACP? But Margaret wasn't Colored!
- Della Rogers: Oh, Yes, She was. Her color just happened to be White.
- Ed Brown: All these years I thought Margaret and I had no secrets from one another. Now I find out that she had this thing for Adlai Stevenson.
- Chico Rodriguez: Only once. In a voting booth. You've gotta forgive her.
- Ed Brown: You're right. Well, Ike won, anyhow. So, Margaret, I forgive you.
- [Ed looks upward]
- Chico Rodriguez: I meant Della.
- Della Rogers: [Delivery driver radios in to Della] Excuse me. That's one of my trucks.
- Ed Brown: One?
- Della Rogers: I have a fleet.
- Ed Brown: A whole fleet?
- Della Rogers: Two.
- Chico Rodriguez: [Speaking to Della about Ed] Don't worry. You'll get along great with him.
- Salvador: I won't. The man is stupid. He don't even speak Spanish.
- Chico Rodriguez: Yeah Salvador, Give him a break. What do you want from him? He's a foreigner around here.
- Chico Rodriguez: Ms. Rogers, Can I introduce Louie Wilson, Your local Sanitary Engineer?
- Ed Brown: Oh, Come on. He's a garbage collector. Why can't you call a spade a spade?
- Chico Rodriguez: An unfortunate choice of words, Ms. Wilson.
- Della Rogers: I'll accept that explanation. And I'm pleased to meet you, Mr. Wilson.
- Louie Wilson: The pleasure's mine, Ms. Rogers. And I might say that the quality of garbage in this neighborhood will rise one thousand percent. And it will really be an honor for me to service your can.
- [Removes his cap and bows at the waist]
- Della Rogers: [On the CB Radio] Mother Courage Headquarters. Come in.
- Big Bernie: 10-4, Mother Courage. This is Big Bernie callin' in.
- Della Rogers: Where have you been?
- Big Bernie: Had a little trouble over here, Mother. Somethin's leakin' Don't know whether it's the oil or the coffee.
- Della Rogers: Well, Don't take any chances. Run the rig into the nearest garage.
- Chico Rodriguez: [Upset with Ed's insulting Della after meeting her] You know, You got about as much charm as a stuck zipper!
- Ed Brown: [Ed realizes that Della was a little girl from his past] Twinkletop!
- Della Rogers: [Curtseying and Smiling] Dat's wight, Missa Bwown.
- Ed Brown: You're that little Colored girl.
- Della Rogers: I was that little Colored girl. I'm now, a Black woman.