Cicely Tyson Movie Quotes & Lines – 6 Classics (+ Audio)

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1 Big old ox like Grady won't sit next to a colored child, but he eats eggs. Shoot right outta chicken's _.

As Sipsey in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

2 I can understand having a funeral for an arm. I just don't know why she insists on calling him Stump. -Well, she say everybody else gonna be calling him that, so we might just as well be the first.

Mary-Louise Parker as Ruth Jamison; Cicely Tyson as Sipsey in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

3 You know, Miss Ruth was a lady. And a lady always knows when to leave.

As Sipsey in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

4 Why, this is about the best barbecue I ever ate! -The secret's in the sauce.

As Sipsey in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

5 Yes, ma'am. -Don't yes, ma'am me. You can stay in my house as long as you want to, but don't you try treating me like you treat your mama. -Grandma! -Yes, ma'am.

As Sipsey in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

6 I ain't scared of you! No, sir! -You should be.

As Sipsey in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)