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Penny Marshall Quotes

Total quotes: 13
“Shirley: Laverne, the only parties we've ever been to are bring-your-own.

Laverne: I like bringin' my own... that way I know what I'm gettin'.”
— Laverne De Fazio, Laverne & Shirley, Season 1: The Society Party
Tagged: BYOB, parties
“Mrs. Feeney: Now tell me, what do you girls like to do on a Saturday night?

Laverne: At home or in a car?”
— Laverne De Fazio, Laverne & Shirley, Season 1: Mother Knows Worst
Tagged: saturday night, car sex
“Shirley: We won't go out with just any old creep!

Laverne: Yeah, only those who ask us!”
— Laverne De Fazio, Laverne & Shirley, Season 2: Hi, Neighbor Book 2
Tagged: Dating, selective, Creep
“Laverne: My neck moved!!

Lenny: No, it didn't, it's right under your head.”
— Laverne De Fazio, Laverne & Shirley, Season 3: Robot Lawsuit
Tagged: dumb
““We always got along great because we didn’t like the same guys or the same drugs.””
— Penny Marshall
“Lenny: So, me and Squiggy flipped a coin to see which one of us was gonna volunteer to be your husband.

Laverne: Awwww, and you lost, huh?

Lenny: No, I won.”
— Laverne De Fazio, Laverne & Shirley, Season 2: Look Before You Leap
Tagged: Coin Toss, husband
“Touch my 'L,' sweetie, and your teeth go to Peoria!”
— Laverne De Fazio, Laverne & Shirley, Season 1: Dating Slump
Tagged: Sexual Harassment, Threats
“I know that voice, and I hate the person it's attached to!”
— Laverne De Fazio, Laverne & Shirley, Season 2: Steppin' Out
Tagged: Hate, voice
“My best friend is Shirley Feeney, the best in all the land. Whenever we're in trouble, we face it hand in hand. We laugh when we are happy, we cry when we are sad. We talk when we are lonely, just to know her makes me glad. If I had one wish in life, I know what it would be. I'd have Shirl as my best friend, for all eternity.”
— Laverne De Fazio, Laverne & Shirley, Season 5: The Beatnik Show
Tagged: BFF, Eternity, Friendship
“At the end of camp, my parents picked me up and we caught up during the long drive back to The Bronx. Everything was the same, my mother said, nothing was new, that is until I asked how my grandfather was doing. 'Oh, he died,' my mother said. 'Excuse me?' I said, shocked. 'He died,' she said. 'When?' I asked. 'Around the beginning of the summer,' she said.”
— Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts
Tagged: Death, the bronx, Secrets, summer camps
“Laverne: It just doesn't seem fair. A guy with a reputation is a hero. A girl with a reputation is a bimbo It just doesn't seem fair.

Shirley: Well, who knows, maybe a hundred years from now all that will have changed.

Laverne: Yeah, wouldn't it be great if no one cared about your reputation? Think of all the fun you could have!”
— Laverne De Fazio, Laverne & Shirley, Season 1: Once Upon a Rumor
Tagged: Bad Reputation, Slut Shaming, gender double standards, Fun
“Later that evening, Hunter Thompson kicked me. I had no idea who he was. He was in the kitchen, trying to smoke opium. I watched as he sucked the life out of what looked like a Tootsie Roll. It seemed like a lot of effort, almost funny—until he leapt up from the table and kicked me. 'What the fuck is your story? 'I said. He cursed me out with a string of colorful words that caused me to stop and stare even more intensely, not out of fear or anger but rather amazement at his vocabulary. That was when someone mentioned that he was the famous gonzo journalist and warned it was best not to rile him up any more because he carried a gun and didn’t hesitate to pull it out and start shooting.”
— Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts
Tagged: Hunter S. Thompson, Gonzo, Fear, Anger, Fuck
“Laverne: A Society gentleman would only go out with you for one reason - to have a good time, a few laughs, and a little vo-dee-oh-doh-doh.

Shirley: I don't vo-dee-oh-doh-doh!

Laverne: You vo-dee-oh-doh-doh.

Shirley: I don't vo-dee-oh-doh-doh!

Laverne: You vo-dee-OH...

Shirley: Once, and I was going steady a whole year...”
— Laverne De Fazio, Laverne & Shirley, Season 1: The Society Party
Tagged: vo-dee-oh-doh-doh, Sex, Euphemisms, Going Steady
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