Brick Pollitt: Big Daddy... What is it that makes him so big? His big heart, his big belly, or his big money?
Ida 'Big Momma' Pollitt: I don't like locked doors in my house.
Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: [to Mae] Not only will I spit on you, I'll claw your eyes out.
Ida 'Big Momma' Pollitt: Do you make Brick happy? Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: Why don't you ask if he makes me happy?
Mae Pollitt: Gooper? [calling his name inquisitively] Mae Pollitt: What have all the chil'ens been shot for? Gooper Pollitt: Everything 'cept shootin' chickens, I guess.
Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: Where did I fail you? Where did I make my mistake?
Ida 'Big Momma' Pollitt: What's all this about? Gooper Pollitt: Doc, Big Mama wants the whole truth about the report we got from the clinic today. Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: The truth, the truth! Everybody keeps hollering about the truth. Well, the t...
Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: You're a drinker and i'm childless.