Esther Rolle credited as playing...
Florida Evans
- Dr. Kelly: It's no wonder so many of you black people have high blood pressure. All the short ribs, pork's feet and pigs ears.
- Florida Evans: Maybe you haven't noticed, doctor, but there's a shortage of caviar in the ghetto.
- Dr. Kelly: I'm talking about maintaining a simple, balanced diet, red meat, fresh fruits and vegetables.
- Florida Evans: You're talking about health, but in the ghetto, it's survival of the fittest. We buy what's cheap and they make damn sure it's not cheap.
- Dr. Kelly: Mrs. Evans, it's after 4:00. Do you know what would happen if I visited all my patients after hours?
- Florida Evans: They'd probably die of shock from seeing you.
- Florida: [Dr. Kelly Has just insulted Florida by putting all the people living in the neighborhood as a different class of people] What do you mean "we people"? When you look into a mirror, who do you see? Debbie Boone?