Driving Miss Daisy Quotes

Context

This line is spoken by Miss Daisy (played by Jessica Tandy) in the movie Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford (1989).

Jerking tears for over twenty years, Driving Miss Daisy is about an old Jewish woman in the South, Miss Daisy, who's forced by her son to take on a black driver named Hoke (Morgan Freeman). Miss Daisy and Hoke have plenty of scuffles over the years—over important stuff like racism and less important stuff like the location of the Piggly Wiggly. This quote comes near the end of the movie as Miss Daisy is nearing death and admits to Hoke that he's her bestie—aww.

Get some tissues and watch the clip.

Where you've heard it

Well, this line doesn't get a lot of shout-outs, but the title of the movie sure does. A recent one came in the Netflix animated show Bojack Horseman, when Mr. Peanutbutter (a dog) asks to be referred to as "Miss Daisy" by his new driver, Todd (a human). Miss Daisy also comes up in episode of Breaking Bad when a sort-of bad guy (Mike) tells a bad guy (Gus) that another character is like "Miss Daisy with binoculars."

Of course, you might also have heard it if you've ever watched the original 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same title, by Alfred Uhry.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Isn't sentimentality kinda the opposite of pretentiousness?