- Maxwell Sheffield: [about Fran quitting her nanny job] Would you like me to be there when you tell the children?
- Fran Fine: Oh, do we have to tell the children?
- Maxwell Sheffield: I think they'll notice you're missing.
- Fran Fine: Just tell them I'm taking a bath?!
- Maxwell Sheffield: Miss Fine, you'll be gone forever.
- Fran Fine: Tell them I'm putting on my make-up.
- Grace Sheffield: I wrote you a poem, Fran.
- Fran Fine: You did?
- Grace Sheffield: [reciting] "F is for the fun we have together, R is for the rummy that we play. A is for the answers to my questions, and N is for the nasal things you say."
- Fran Fine: [in her most nasal voice] Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
- Fran Fine: I'm Fran Fine. What's your name?
- Jeff Sagansky: Jeff Sagansky, and this is my daughter, Gillian.
- Fran Fine: So, what do you do?
- Jeff Sagansky: I develop shows for CBS.
- Fran Fine: Ooh, hah. You know, I'm a nanny, and a lot of people tell me that my life would make a great sitcom.
- Jeff Sagansky: [trying to create a distraction] Stewardess, how many hours left on this flight?!
- Fran Fine: You see, I was working in a bridal shop in Flushing, Queens, 'til my boyfriend kicked me out in one of those crushing scenes. Where was I to go, what was I to do? I was out on my fanny, pardon my French.
- Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock: [to the children] You know when I'm down in the dumps, what cheers me up?
- Fran Fine: [sarcastically under her breath] A fifth of scotch and a fresh pack of batteries?!
- Fran Fine: [Danny flirts with C.C. right after Fran breaks up with him] Two seconds, time heals all wounds.
- Grace Sheffield: [Fran's announced she's marrying Danny] That's odd, your closet's hardly big enough for *your* clothes.
- Margaret 'Maggie' Sheffield: He's not moving in with her.
- Grace Sheffield: Well that's not much of a marriage.