Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)

The Richest Man in Walnut Grove (1975)

Katherine MacGregor: Harriet Oleson

Quotes 

• Harriet Oleson : Pride cometh before destruction; and a haughty spirit before a fall! Proverbs 16:18!

  Charles Ingalls : Correction. It is pride GOETH before destruction, Mrs. Olsen. And as for the rest of it, I'd fall in the Grand Canyon before I let my wife go begging to you!

• Harriet Oleson : I don't think it's fair that you take advantage of a friendship.

  Caroline Ingalls : I can hardly take advantage of something that doesn't exist.

  Harriet Oleson : Well, that's gratitude!

  Caroline Ingalls : No, that's truth, Mrs. Olsen! My husband will be in to pay the bill in full at the end of the week!

• Harriet Oleson : Oh, my back is killing me again.

  Nels Oleson : And again... and again...

  Harriet Oleson : Did you say something, Nels?

  Nels Oleson : Oh... uh... no. I was just checking these shoe sizes. Uh... and a ten... and a ten...