Quotes from Ann B. Ross

I certainly supported a woman's right to choose, but to my mind the time to choose was before, not after the fact.

and Willie Nelson was singing "On the Road Again" on the jukebox. An infelicitous selection, if you ask me.

Mrs. Knowles looked off in the distance, which wasn't all that far in a trailer, and tapped her worn fingers on the arm of the recliner.

Little Lloyd, what in the world are you watching?" He was sitting there, his eyes glued to the screen where a half-naked girl was performing calisthenics to something that passed for music. "Britney Spears," he said.

had to be helped to my bed when he came home looking for all the world like an aging Britney Spears, only better dressed

If there's one thing I've learned in all this, it's that you have to stand up for yourself. Nobody else is going to do it for you, least of all the people you ought to be able to depend on." - Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind

Everybody's young to me, Hazel Marie," I said, feeling every year of my age.

I certainly supported a woman's right to choose, but to my mind the time to choose was before, not after the fact.

Be kind to everyone - you don't know what cross they're bearing and how sweet that kind word might ring.

I don't believe in speaking ill of the dead, even when it's the truth.

A good wife always encourages her husband in his interests. For one thing, they keep him occupied and out from under foot most of the day.

have you ever noticed how the one who wants to please never does?

there is no virtue in doing something for someone else when it's something you also want to do. That's merely being helpful, but it's hardly commendable. The real virtue is in doing something you don't want to do, but doing it because someone else wants it.

one or both of those babies could be president one day. Or they could discover the cure for a terrible disease, or one could be a famous musician or even a preacher.' I stopped and considered for a minute, wondering what would impress her more than that. 'Or just be fine and decent men or women, or man and woman, who would be a blessing to you in your old age. There's a purpose for every soul that comes into this world...

I am a Christian, you know, Julia.' So am I. But I'm not above staying out of jail any way I can.

We don't wanta lose that little baby. Miss Hazel Marie might think she don't want it, but she do. If she lose it, she be worse upset than if she don't. When the Lord send a baby, he send the wantin', too.

Whenever Papa said, 'Jump,' I was always the first one in the air.

You'd better have a firm foundation when you go out into the world. There's no telling what you'll run into.

You don't have to dress up or anything, not like when you go to Wal-Mart or something.

I just have no patience with people who ignore the Do Not Call list, so I also have no qualms about hanging up on them.

I'm going to stop worrying about storms. As you said, they're coming whether we like it or not. But as long as you're around, I can weather them all.

It sure did grow big snowballs, didn't it?

I'd learned long before this that the louder and more publicly a person talked about his faith, the more he probably had to cover up.

You're saying that wealthy men can commit sins that would condemn a poor man.