Ninny Threadgoode: 21 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Jul 18, 2026

Movie quotes spoken by Ninny Threadgoode, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 You know, a heart can be broken, but it still keeps a-beating just the same.

Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

2 How many of them hormones you taking, honey?

Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

3 I wouldn't be afraid of death if I was you. I'd be more afraid of driving in rush-hour traffic.

Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

4 It was never more than just a little knockabout place, but now that I look back on it, when that cafe' closed, the heart of the town just stopped beating.

Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

5 Looks like I won't be getting home for quite a while, and I sure miss it. Funny what you miss when you're away from home. I miss the smell of coffee and bacon frying.

Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

6 Oh, what I wouldn't give for a plate of fried green tomatoes like we used to have at the café.

Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

7 Do you have a problem with your sexuality? -No, ma'am. But I do have a problem with my girdle.

Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates), Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy) in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

8 I hide candy bars all over the house. -A candy bar ain't gonna hurt ya none. -One, no. But 10 or 11?

Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

9 I can't even look at my own vagina. -Now, honey, I can't help ya on that one.

Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

10 You get yourself some hormones. And then you get outta the house and get a job.

Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)