"The Golden Girls" The Impotence of Being Ernest (TV Episode 1989) - Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak

Blanche Devereaux : Impotent? Are you sure?

Dorothy Zbornak : Oh Blanche, what would you have done? Asked him to prove it?
Rose : I guess I never really learned how to be assertive.

Blanche Devereaux : Honey, it's as easy as riding a bicycle.

Rose : I never learned how to ride a bicycle.

Dorothy Zbornak : It's as easy as falling off of a bicycle.

Rose : Oh! That is easy!

[leaves kitchen]

Dorothy Zbornak : [turns to Blanche] I had a hunch.
Dorothy Zbornak : A feather, that's a symbol, isn't it?

Sophia : What're you talking about?

Dorothy Zbornak : Oh don't play dumb with me, Ma, everything from Sicily means something: a black rose means a loved one is dying, a white carnation means a newborn is on the way, a dead rabbit means 'My husband knows, get out of town'.

Rose : Knows what?

Dorothy Zbornak : The score to South Pacific, Rose!
Dorothy Zbornak : Ever since you got that feather in the mail, you've been acting like a spy, I'm surprised you didn't check the broom closet to see if someone was hiding in it.

Sophia : Broom closet, right!

[gets up]

Dorothy Zbornak : Ma, you're acting crazy.

Blanche Devereaux : Well now, Dorothy, I happen to know that there *is* enough room in that broom closet for at least two people, and enough room left for a tray of cold cuts.

Bea Arthur: Dorothy Zbornak