![]() ![]() ![]() “Honey, time marches on and eventually you realize it is marchin’ across your face.”.“Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.”.Ouiser Boudreaux: “SHUT UP!” Clairee Belcher: “What?” Ouiser Boudreaux: “You’re makin’ a fool outta yourself, Clairee.” Clairee Belcher: “I am not.” Truvy Jones Quotes Bob, would you call this color grape or aubergine?” Clairee Belcher: ( trying to do color commentary by discussing the color of the football uniforms) “ But I love the top - such a vibrant purple.Well, at least he hung on through the state playoffs.” Shelby, I hope you and Jackson will be as happy as Lloyd and I were. “What would I do with a radio station? Oh, business never interested me.“I really do love football, but it’s hard to parlay that into a reason to live.”.Never say that to a woman who’s marinatin’ 50 pounds of crab claws.” That wasn’t a nice thing to do to your mama. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”.They’d been smokin’ everything but their shoes.” And all gay men are named Mark, Rick, or Steve.” ( quoting her nephew) “All gay men have track lightin’.“Ouiser could never stay mad at me - she worships the quicksand I walk on.”.“You know I love ya more than my luggage.”.“The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.”.“Ouiser, this is your chance to do something for your fellow man.( positioning Ouiser in front of a distraught M’Lynn) “Hit this! Go ahead, M’Lynn, slap her! … We’ll sell t-shirts sayin’ ‘I SLAPPED OUISER BOUDREAUX!'”.You have the handwritin’ of a serial killer.” “Ouiser, I’d recognize this penmanship anywhere.What happened today? You run over a small child or something?” “Well, you know what they say: If you don’t have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me!”.( looking at the mayor’s girdle-less wife dancing) “Looks like two pigs fightin’ under a blanket.“I hate these stupid neighborhood things.”.“I just thought Sammy won’t mind you reading the Bible in bed as long as you’re wearing something inspirational.”.“I am an old Southern woman, and I am supposed to wear funny clothes, ugly hats, and dig in the dirt.I try not to eat healthy food if I can possibly help it.” ( after knocking Clairee off the bench and looking at her hair) “Get your roots done!”.“He is a boil on the butt of humanity.”.“The only reason people are nice to me is because I have more money than God.”.I’m having an affair with a Mercedes Benz!” “What’s the matter with you these days, M’Lynn? You got a reindeer up your butt?”.And I don’t see movies ’cause they’re trash, and they got nothin’ but naked people in ’em! And I don’t read books, ’cause if they’re any good, they’re gonna make ’em into a miniseries.” “I do not see plays, because I can nap at home for free.“Don’t try to get on my good side, Truvy.They don’t give a damn ’bout that grape shit.” All the people want to hear about are touchdowns and injuries. Damn it! I saw Drum Eatenton this morning at the Piggly Wiggly, and I smiled at the son of a bitch ‘fore I couldn’t help myself.” “A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.”.“I’m not crazy I’ve just been in a very bad mood for 40 years!”.“Annelle, take your Bible and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine.”.“You are evil, and you must be destroyed.”.So, slide on your “I Slapped Ouiser Boudreaux” t-shirt and settle in for some quality Southern repartee with these epic Steel Magnolias quotes. Did we mention funny, too? Because, wow, is it funny. How many memes featuring Ouiser Boudreaux (Shirley MacLaine) do you see floating around Facebook in a given week? How many times have you cried watching that viral TikTok of Sally Field’s heartbreaking scene after her character, M’Lynn, loses her daughter, Shelby (Julia Roberts)? The dialogue between the film’s circle of friends - Ouiser, M’Lynn, Clairee (Olympia Dukakis), Truvy (Dolly Parton), and Annelle (Daryl Hannah) - is witty, warm, and wildly relatable. But while those things draw viewers in, it’s the Steel Magnolias quotes that make this movie a pop culture mainstay. So, what makes it such a timeless piece of movie history? Partially, we’d imagine, because it centers on a ton of universal touchstones: the bonds of friendship, the pain of loss, the love between a mother and child, the way beauty parlors bring people together in unexpected ways, and, of course, how humor can heal. Although the cult classic first hit theaters way back in ’89, its popularity endures today - in fact, it only seems to become more beloved as time passes. In the canon of great Southern movies, you can’t get much more iconic than Steel Magnolias. ![]()
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