Quotes from Judy Parfitt movies and TV shows

Vera Donovan: Sometimes, Dolores... sometimes, you have to be a high-riding bitch to survive. Sometimes, being a bitch is all a woman has to hang onto.

Vera Donovan: Husbands die every day, Dolores. Why... one is probably dying right now while you're sitting here weeping. They die... and leave their wives their money. I should know, shouldn't I? Sometimes they're driving home from their mistress' apartment and their brakes suddenly fail. An accident, Dolores, can be an unhappy woman's best friend.

Vera Donovan: Don't we have a hair across our ass this morning, Dolores Claiborne?

Vera Donovan: Don't you just love the Bossa Nova? I found them in New York and simply had to have them.

Vera Donovan: Think what fun you'll have telling all your friends what a bitch Vera Donovan is.

Vera Donovan: I want my china pig.
Dolores Claiborne: Which one? There's only about two-hundred of 'em.

Vera Donovan: Well, don't look to me, Dolores. All my money is tied up in cash.

Maria Thins: He's no fool, mind you. And he won't be taken for one. So, don't think otherwise.

Maria Thins: You're not the first to forget your manners in front of his paintings. Tell me girl, do you think it finished? Three months. Another three before he's satisfied, no doubt. Well, get along girl. You're not paid to stand gawking all day.