Ebbie (1995 TV Movie)

Jeffrey DeMunn: Jake Marley

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Quotes 

• Ebbie : Who are you talking to?

  Jake Marley : My boss. You thought I was tough?

  Jake Marley : [talking to God on his cellphone]  Yes I'm handling it.

  Ebbie : Handling what?

  Jake Marley : Change the agenda Ebbie. Reverse the priorities. I taught you everything.

  Ebbie : Yes Jake, you did.

  Jake Marley : And you know squat! You know the price of everything and the value of nothing. What you sow you reap! Do you remember Eb'? You and me? We used to be such go-getters. Always hungry. Never off the job. Do you remember what we used to say? We said, "There'll be plenty of time to rest when we're dead." Well, there's NOT!

• [Jake's ghost is haunting Ebbie] 

  Jake Marley : Surprised to see me? I'm surprised to be here.

• Jake Marley : [Jake and Ebbie have just taken over Dobson's]  I'm sorry, F.C.

  Mr. Dobson : No, you're not. You two must have been maneuvering behind our backs for months... years. Why not? You've tripled the store's profit, you and Ms. Scrooge. Elizabeth... you always knew how to read the numbers.

  Ebbie : Thank you, F.C., but I promise you it was nothing personal, it's just business.

  Mrs. Dobson : It wasn't just business for us, Ebbie. Dobson's was our family... we built it up from almost nothing and we've taken great pride in what we've accomplished. I will miss not coming in here every morning, but you mustn't worry for us... because this store is not all that we've accomplished in our lives. We have a wonderful family, caring friends, things we love to do... each other.

  [to her husband] 

  Mrs. Dobson : Let's go home.

  [They start to leave, then Mrs. Dobson turns back to Ebbie] 

  Mrs. Dobson : Oh, Ebbie... what happened to that sweet young girl I used to know?

  Jake Marley : Dog eat dog world, Mrs. Dobson. Not her fault.

• Jake Marley : [Jake is dying of a heart attack]  Ebbie... the Dobsons could have taught us a thing or two.

  [He dies]