Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (Part I) (1980)

Alison Arngrim: Nellie Oleson

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Quotes 

• Caroline Ingalls : Nellie, what on earth happened?

  Nellie Oleson : Something wonderful. He said I was pretty.

• Percival Isaac Cohen Dalton : You know, your father is paying me a lot of money to teach you. The least you can do is make an attempt.

  Nellie Oleson : I didn't ask to be taught. I didn't ask for this restaurant. And you're short.

  Percival Isaac Cohen Dalton : Shall we try again?

  Nellie Oleson : Why don't you make a SHORT cake? How 'bout some SHORT ribs? Do we need any SHORTening? You know, you really oughta write a book: "Shortcuts to Cooking"!

  Percival Isaac Cohen Dalton : Would you like to try again?

  Nellie Oleson : That only took you a short time.

  Percival Isaac Cohen Dalton : Would you like to try...

  Nellie Oleson : No I wouldn't! I wouldn't like to try again! I hate this place, and I hate cooking, and I hate short people! My mother gave me this place so I can get a husband, did you know that? Well, I don't want a husband, and I don't want this place, and I don't want to learn how to separate eggs!

  [picks up eggs and starts throwing them into the bowl of egg mixture] 

  Nellie Oleson : There, Quasimodo, I'm all done!

  Percival Isaac Cohen Dalton : [Looks at Nellie for a few moments, then picks up the bowl of egg yolks and broken eggs and pours them over Nellie's head. Nellie's mouth pops open in absolute shock]  . I also have a very short temper. Why your Mother ever built this place for you, I'll never know! You certainly can't cook, and you certainly have no right to be dealing with the public. And as pretty as you are, you don't need a restaurant to catch a husband in the first place.

• Nellie Oleson : This hotel, this restaurant... I never asked for It in the first place.

  Nels Oleson : Well, I didn't give it to you, it was your Mother's idea.

  Nellie Oleson : You let her.

  Nels Oleson : How was I supposed to stop her?

  Nellie Oleson : By being a man.

  Nels Oleson : By being a... Now, let me tell you something, young lady. If you would act like a woman, you wouldn't need this hotel to get yourself a man!

  Nellie Oleson : What?

  Nels Oleson : That's why your mother built this in the first place, so somebody would marry you.