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Mary Jackson Quotes

Total quotes: 5
“Mary Jackson: That Colonel Jim is a tall glass of water.

Dorothy Vaughan: That he is. Tall, strong, demanding.

Mary Jackson: And I bet he’s like it day and night.

Katherine Johnson: Mary, it’s Sunday. Please have some shame.

Mary Jackson: I will not.

Dorothy Vaughan: Hmm, I think he’s smiling over here.

Mary Jackson: [to Katherine] At you.

Katherine Johnson: Well I’m not smiling back.

Dorothy Vaughan: Yes, you are.

Mary Jackson: Oh, child, you are all teeth right now.

Katherine Johnson: I am not.

[Mary indicates to Jim to come over to them]

Mary Jackson: He’s coming over.

Katherine Johnson: Now why would he be doing that?

Dorothy Vaughan: Because Mary’s waving at him.

Katherine Johnson: No! Ladies, I’m not ready…

Mary Jackson: Sshh. It’s too late. Fix your hair.”
— Mary Jackson, Hidden Figures
Tagged: Tall Glass of Water, smiling, Flirting
“[as Mary goes to hitchhike she notices a police car approaching them]

Mary Jackson: Girls.

Dorothy Vaughan: No crime in a broken-down car.

Mary Jackson: No crime being Negro neither.

Katherine Johnson: Button it up, Mary. Nobody wants to go to jail behind your mouth.

Mary Jackson: I’ll do my best, sugar.

[the cop car pulls up by them and get out of his vehicle]

White Cop: Not a great place for three of y’all be having car trouble.

Mary Jackson: We didn’t pick the place, Officer. It picked us.

White Cop: Are you being disrespectful?

Mary Jackson: No, sir.

White Cop: You have identification on you?

Mary Jackson: Yes, sir.

Katherine Johnson: Yes, sir. We’re just on our way to work at Langley. NASA, sir.

[all three show him their IDs]

Dorothy Vaughan: We do a great deal of the calculating, getting our rockets into space.

White Cop: All three of you?

Katherine Johnson: Yes, sir.

Mary Jackson: Yes, Officer.

[he takes Mary’s ID and looks at it]

White Cop: NASA, now that’s something. I had no idea they hired…

Dorothy Vaughan: There are quite a few women working in the space program.”
— Mary Jackson, Hidden Figures
Tagged: Cars, hitchhiking, NASA, negro, disrespectful
“White Cop: Damn Russians are watching us right now. Sputniks. You girls ever meet those astronauts? Mercury Seven?

Mary Jackson: Absolutely.

Katherine Johnson: Uh, yes, sir. We work with those gentlemen all the time.

White Cop: Those boys are the best we got. I’m sure of that.

Katherine Johnson: Yeah.

Mary Jackson: Yeah.

White Cop: We got to get a man up there before the commies do.

Katherine Johnson: Yes.

Mary Jackson: Absolutely.

White Cop: Whole damn country’s counting on them.

Dorothy Vaughan: That’s for certain.

Mary Jackson: Hard being of service broken down on the side of the road, though.

White Cop: Right, right. Uh, well, do y’all need a tow or something?

Dorothy Vaughan: No, thank you, Officer. I think I got it. Just give me my…

[Katherine reaches in the car and passes something to Dorothy]

Dorothy Vaughan: Just need to bypass the starter.

Katherine Johnson: She’s good at this stuff.

[Dorothy quickly gets the car started]

Dorothy Vaughan: Wooh! Attagirl. We’re all set.

White Cop: Well, hell, the least I can do is give y’all an escort. I imagine you’re running late to work.

Katherine Johnson: Oh, no, sir. We wouldn’t want to bother you.

Mary Jackson: That would be wonderful, Officer. Thank you so much, sir.

White Cop: Follow me.

Mary Jackson: I’m driving. Hurry up, Dorothy, before he changes his mind.

Dorothy Vaughan: We’re coming. Hold your horses.”
— Mary Jackson, Hidden Figures
Tagged: Cars, russians, Sputnik, Commies
“[Hampton, Virginia 1961 – Dorothy is under the car trying to fix it as Katherine and Mary wait]

Dorothy Vaughan: Okay, try to turn it over now. Katherine! Mary! Somebody!

Mary Jackson: Katherine! Quit staring off into space and turn the damn car over.

Katherine Johnson: I got it! I’m not deaf.

Mary Jackson: I wonder sometimes.

Katherine Johnson: Here it goes.

[Katherine tries to turn on the car]

Dorothy Vaughan: Yeah, it’s the starter. That is definitely the starter.

Mary Jackson: This starter is starting to make us late. We are all going to end up unemployed riding around in this pile of junk to work every day.

Dorothy Vaughan: Well, you’re welcome to walk the sixteen miles.

Katherine Johnson: Or sit in the back of the bus.

Mary Jackson: I won’t do neither. I’ll hitchhike.”
— Mary Jackson, Hidden Figures
Tagged: Cars, starters, hitchhiking
“[as they are following the cop who’s escorting them to work]

Dorothy Vaughan: Mary, Mary, slow down. You’re too close!

Mary Jackson: Be quiet, he said to follow him.

Dorothy Vaughan: He didn’t mean up his behind!

Katherine Johnson: Dear Lord, I don’t even know where to begin!

Mary Jackson: Oh, I’ll tell you where to begin. Three Negro women are chasing a white police officer down the highway in Hampton, Virginia in 1961. Ladies, that there is a God-ordained miracle.

Katherine Johnson: And tomorrow, I’m riding the bus.”
— Mary Jackson, Hidden Figures
Tagged: Cars, negro, Virginia, South
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