Raising Arizona (1987)

Frances McDormand: Dot

Quotes 

• Dot : I'm sure you have the life insurance squared away?

  Ed McDonnough : Have we done that honey? We gotta do that honey!

  Dot : You gotta do that HI! Ed's got her hands full with this little angel.

  H.I. : Yes, ma'am.

  Dot : What would Ed and little angel do if a truck came along and splattered your brains all over the interstate?

  Ed McDonnough : Yeah honey! What if you get run over?

  Dot : Or carried off by a twister?

• Dot : You gotta get 'em dip-tet boosters yearly or else they'll develop lockjaw and night vision

• Dot : You soak his thumb in iodine and you might get by without the orthodonture, but it won't knock a thing off the university.

• Dot : Riley! You take that diaper off your head! You put it back onto your sister!

• Dot : Where's that baby? Where's he at?

  Glen : [Glen smacks Dot on the butt]  Go find him, honey!

  Dot : [Dot smacks Glen with her purse]  Cut it out, Glen!

  H.I. : [quietly]  He's asleep right now.

  Glen : [rubbing his jaw]  Shit! I hope we didn't wake it!

  Dot : Can I just sneak a peek-a-loo?

• Dot : [GASPS after seeing Nathan Jr]  What's his name?

  Ed McDonnough : Uh... Hi... Hi Junior, till we think of a better one.

  Dot : Why don't ya call him Jason? l just love biblical names. If I had another little boy, I'd name him Jason, Caleb or Tab.

  [GASPS; covers her face with her hands and looks through her fingers] 

  Dot : He's an angel! He's an angel straight from heaven! Now honey, I had all my kids the hard way. Tell me how you got this little angel. Did he fly straight down from heaven?

  Ed McDonnough : Well...

  Dot : You're gonna send him to Arizona State.