- Judy: Were all of Dad's friends named Darnelle?
- Estelle 'Mother' Winslow: Yes, those were very confusing times.
- Harriette Winslow: You eat all that ice cream and you can kiss your diet goodbye.
- Carl Otis Winslow: [kisses the ice cream carton] Goodbye.
- Carl Otis Winslow: Two stalks of broccoli and three pieces of asparagus? I've had more food than this stuck in between my teeth.
- Darnell Watkins: [about Carl] This guy's about invisible. What do you use to get weighed, a postage scale?
- Carl Otis Winslow: Society places too much emphasis on being thin. Everywhere you look, TV, movies, magazines, all these 90 pound people, smiling, dancing... where do they get the strength?