Quotes / Funeral Banishment

Augustín Magaldi: If you were rich or middle class...
Eva Duarte: SCREW THE MIDDLE CLASSES! I WILL NEVER ACCEPT THEM! My father's other family were middle class...and we were kept out of sight...hidden from view...at his funeral!

Evita

Blanche: Well, why don't you wait until you get married?
Rebecca: I don't want to get married.
Blanche: Then at least wait until I'm dead.
Rebecca: Do you really mean that, Mama?!
Blanche: Yes, I do! And wait 'til all my friends are dead! The last thing I need is whispering at my funeral!

The Golden Girls, "Accurate Conception"

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