7th Heaven quotes

Lucy

[to Sarah and Rachel] Okay, I have been listening to you two all day, and a couple of things are clear. You both like Ruthie, and you both have a different relationship with Ruthie--which happens. Different people see different things in you, and they bring out different qualities, and...

No offense, but if I wanted an after-school special lecture, I'd turn on my TV.

Lucy

[to Rachel] Okay. You be quiet for a second and listen to me! [to Sarah] And you! well, you like adults. And I'm an adult, a very tired adult, who's tired of having to listen to you and Rachel fight. I need a time-out, an adult time-out, which can only happen if you both go home. Now. Right away. I will call your parents and tell them whatever you want me to tell them, but please just go home! I promise that Ruthie will have you both over again separately!

Simon

[when Mary wants to borrow money] No, no, no!

Mary

I will drive you on dates or anywhere you want to go.

Simon

Your car seats two. Where's my date supposed to sit, in the trunk?

Simon

This isn't Mary. I'm her brother Simon.

Well, when Mary gets in, would you tell her that if she doesn't pay these bills immediately, we will involve the local authorities.

Simon

Wait, you mean the police?

Yes. You can't just charge for merchandise and not pay your bills; there are laws. And if we have to, we'll enforce those laws to recoup our losses.

Simon

What are we gonna do about this?

Lucy

We're gonna let Mary handle it. It's her problem, not ours.

Ruthie

Please don't let them put Mary in jail again.

Simon

You say to let Mary handle it, but she's not. We're the ones getting the calls, and sooner or later Mom and Dad are gonna find out. And deadbeat or not, she's still our sister.

Lucy

See the trick isn't getting the job, it's keeping the job.

Mary

Why are you so snotty?

Lucy

Considering I spent the day dodging creditors and breaking into piggy banks, I think I'm entitled to be a little snotty.

Matt

This is Bernie, Mary Camden's attorney.

Mary Camden can't afford to pay a $50 bill but she has an attorney?

Mary

I'm sorry. I haven't been completely honest with you. But from now on no more lies. Yes, honesty is my new policy.

Lucy

Who was that?

Mary

Wrong number.

Eric

[about Mary] You know, she quit her job at the pool hall, she quit her job at Pete's Pizza. She doesn't have any friends. Well, not any good ones. She needs a job.

Annie

Yes, Mary needs a job, and money, and friends, good ones. But she has bills to pay. She also needs to take a job to pay those bills. And the job she takes probably won't be a job she loves or even likes. And then she'll see how important it is to have a job you love. And jobs people love usually involve training and/or education. That will force her to set goals and move forward

Eric

Are you just going to will her into this realization?

Annie

She's not on our schedule. We need to give her time. She'll realize it when she realizes it.

Eric

In the meantime, no job plus no money equals no car, right? I mean, if she can't pay for the car, she'll lose it.

Annie

So let her lose the car.

Eric

This isn't about losing Mary's car. This is about losing Mary!

Annie

You think I don't know that? You know, just because I'm not a minister or a therapist doesn't mean I don't know when she's in trouble. I'm her mother! And I think she needs to be the one to ask for help, and she's not ready yet!

Eric

Well, I'm her father, and I say she needs help now, whether she asks for it or not!

Annie

What you mean to say is that you're the expert, and what you say goes!

Matt

[about Mary and her money problems] I don't have time for this.

Lucy

I don't have time for this, either! I have a paper to write!

Matt

You know, I don't even know why we're yelling at each other when we should really be yelling at Mary.

Lucy

We can't yell at Mary. We can't find her!

Annie

You stole $500 from your own brothers?! From babies?!

Ruthie

I'm sorry, it's all my fault. Punish me any way you like.

Eric

What do you think is going on? Your 10-year-old sister is lying about stealing money so the rest of you can cover for Mary.

Annie

Is that it? Is that the truth!?

Ruthie

No! You're wrong! I took it. I'm very bad. I'm a very bad girl.

Matt

No, Ruthie. I'm a very bad big brother for letting this happen.

Mary

[after her parents find a joint in her bedroom] I can't believe you searched my room! What are you, communists? I have rights, you know!

Annie

I guess I just can't explain this often enough. A right is something that can never be taken away from you. For example, you have the right to be indignant now, and I can't take that away, but privacy? Well, privacy is a privilege when you live with your parents, and privileges can be taken away. Now, we knew that you were in trouble, but we had no idea that you were this far down the road!

Eric

Have you ever tried smoking marijuana?

Mary

Well, even if I did, what is so wrong with experimenting? I mean, what's the harm in just trying it? Everybody's gonna try it sometime.

Eric

Well, first of all, not everyone. Not me, for example. And secondly, let me see if I can answer the "what's the harm" question. I suppose for some people, nothing ever comes from the fact that they tried smoking pot, but for other people, plenty comes from the fact that they tried smoking pot. Lifelong, illegal habits. The need to try other, harder drugs. Addiction to those drugs. Arrest. Conviction. Jail time. Those kinds of things. The question really is, to which people do you belong? There's no way of knowing. But "experimenting" to find out? That's quite a risk, don't you think? I think it is, especially for someone who's on probation.

Annie

You stole money from your own brothers?! From babies?! This is pathetic. Really pathetic. We had no idea that you were this far down the road.

Mary

I am not in trouble.

Eric

Life gets so complicated when you don't tell the truth.

Mary

So what's best for everyone is to ship me off to Siberia to live with old people?!

Annie

Yep, that's basically it. You will live with your grandparents, you will take a job working at a homeless shelter, with your first few checks going to Sam and David. And in January, you and Grandma will take a course.

Mary

What if I am not going to do this?

Annie

In my heart of hearts, I know this is the right thing. This is the right thing to do! I love you! Remember what you said, it's better to have an angry kid then a dead kid!

Matt

[to Mary] Look, I'm sorry I haven't been around much. You're important to me. What happens to you is important to me. What happens to you is important to everyone in the family, but I've been watching you, and I haven't really been interested in being a part of anything that's going on in your life, so I've basically avoided you, but maybe I should have cornered you and given you my take on what you're doing a lot sooner. I've seen so many young women who are losers, mostly in the emergency room or entering drug rehab at the hospital. I don't want you to be a loser. It's too easy to be the bad girl. You're better than that. I know I'm not perfect. I know I don't have all the answers, but I can tell you this. The most powerful thing I ever did for myself was make up my mind to become a responsible person, and I still haven't worked up to being responsible 24 hours a day, but I'm getting better at it. And I'm hoping that sharing this with you will help you make up your mind to become a responsible person! If you can't do it for yourself, then maybe you could consider the rest of us, and how much we need you to be responsible. Whatever you do affects us all. I know you know that, and yet you act like you don't care. All of us have to strive to be the best we can be, not because anything else is unacceptable, but because anything else is just plain misery. I can see you're miserable. You are. This is not the best you can do. You can do better, and I will do anything I can to help you do better. You just have to make up your mind that that's what you want to do, and I'm there for you. We all are.

Simon

[to Mary] I know I'm considered "The Bank of Simon", and you all laugh at that, but here's what I like about money. It tells you right who you are in numbers, not words that can hurt your feelings or make you mad. Numbers are undisputed facts, and the fact is, your numbers point to trouble. It's simple. You don't make as much as you spend, and you don't make enough to meet your obligations. You'd see that if you looked at the numbers, but I know you don't like to do that. I can help you set up a budget and a payment schedule if you want, but even if you don't want, take my advice. Don't spend anything else until you pay off your debt, and then don't get into debt again! And the first thing you have to pay off is your personal debt--the money you owe Sam and David. Now, I know that a lot of people would put that off to last, and maybe a professional finance guy would tell you to pay your institutional lenders first, but I'm your brother, and I'm telling you that morally, the right thing to do is to pay people first, especially relatives. And when you see that little column of debt marked "Sam and David" reach zero debt, that zero is going to tell you right who you are, just like I said. It's gonna say that you, Mary Camden, care more about your family than anyone else. It's gonna say that you care about keeping your promises to your family more than anything else. And when you see all those other little columns of debt go down, week after week, the page is gonna tell the facts of your debt recovery. It's a beautiful thing, and I want you to have a beautiful thing, because I love you.