The Golden Girls (TV Series)

The Impotence of Being Ernest (1989)

Betty White: Rose Nylund

Quotes 

• Rose : If you ask me, people rely too much on sex in relationships anyway.

  Ernie Faber : You're right. I mean, what is sex after all?

  Rose : Two clunky old bodies, thrashing around against each other, like animals.

  Ernie Faber : You get all sweaty and flushed.

  Rose : Your hair gets mussed.

  Ernie Faber : You lose your breath.

  Rose : You lose your earring.

  Ernie Faber : Your mouth waters.

  Rose : Your nose runs.

  Ernie Faber : Your heart races.

  Rose : Your blood races.

  Ernie Faber : Rose?

  Rose : Say it, Ernie!

  Ernie Faber : It's time, Rose!

  Rose : Check, please!

• 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!