A Family Thing (1996)

James N. Harrell: Earl Pilcher Sr.

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Earl Pilcher, Sr. : Now listen, this is not going to be like a Sunday picnic, I'm gonna tell you that right now. Ruby and my girls will be alright, I guess, but that nephew of mine makes your boy look like Mahatma Gandhi.

  Raymond "Ray" Lee Murdock : Whoa.

  Earl Pilcher, Sr. : He might take a shot at you, or maybe both of us.

• Raymond "Ray" Lee Murdock : When I look at you I see him. And I can't look at you anymore.

  [begins laughing] 

  Earl Pilcher, Sr. : What's so funny?

  Raymond "Ray" Lee Murdock : How does it feel, Mr. Filcher?

  Earl Pilcher, Sr. : How does what feel?

  Raymond "Ray" Lee Murdock : Being colored.

• Earl Pilcher, Sr. : I've never seen a damn Yankee yet that could operate more than a wheelbarrow.