- Isabel Kelly: Look down the road to her wedding. I'm in a room alone with her, fixing her veil, fluffing her dress, telling her no woman has ever looked so beautiful. And my fear is she'll be thinking, "I wish my mom was here”.
- Jackie Harrison: And mine is... she won't.
Julia Roberts - Isabel Kelly
Susan Sarandon - Jackie Harrison

“I have their past, and you can have their future.”
Susan Sarandon - Jackie Harrison

“Can you believe I conceived him with one testicle? No really, it's true. I only have one because the other one never dropped. It's called an undescending testicle. It's not uncommon. But look at him! Imagine what he would've looked like if I had two!”
Dustin Hoffman - Bernie Focker

“I don't have any kids. Well, at least none I know about.”
Cathy Ladman

“Dr. Jaquith says that tyranny is sometimes expression of the maternal instinct. If that's a mother's love, I want no part of it.”
Bette Davis - Charlotte Vale