Seven (1995) quotes

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.

David. If you kill him, he will win.
– William Somerset

If we catch John Doe and he turns out to be the devil, I mean if he’s Satan himself, that might live up to our expectations, but he’s not the devil. He’s just a man.
– William Somerset

I’ve been trying to figure something in my head, and maybe you can help me out, yeah? When a person is insane, as you clearly are, do you know that you’re insane? Maybe you’re just sitting around, reading “Guns and Ammo”, masturbating in your own feces, do you just stop and go, “Wow! It is amazing how fucking crazy I really am!”? Yeah. Do you guys do that?
– David Mills

Become vengeance, David. Become wrath.
– John Doe

Oh yeah? Detective Mills, M-I-L-L-S, fuck off!
– David Mills

If John Doe’s head splits open and a UFO should fly out, I want you to have expected it.
– William Somerset

People will barely be able to comprehend it, but they won’t be able to deny it.
– John Doe

Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a homicide.
– David Mills

Nothing wrong with a man taking pleasure in his work. I won’t deny my own personal desire to turn each sin against the sinner.
– John Doe

Hemingway once wrote, “The world’s a fine place and worth fighting for.” I agree with the second part.
– William Somerset

He’s experienced about as much pain and suffering as anyone I’ve encountered, give or take, and he still has Hell to look forward to.
– Dr. Beardsley

This isn’t going to have a happy ending.
– William Somerset

You’re no messiah. You’re a movie of the week. You’re a fucking t-shirt, at best.
– David Mills

It’s impressive to see a man feeding off his emotions.
– William Somerset

C’mon, he’s insane. Look. Right now he’s probably dancing around in his grandma’s panties, yeah, rubbing himself in peanut butter.
– David Mills

It’s more comfortable for you to label me as insane.
– John Doe
It’s VERY comfortable.
– David Mills

Wanting people to listen, you can’t just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you’ll notice you’ve got their strict attention.
– John Doe

I just don’t think I can continue to live in a place that embraces and nurtures apathy as if it was virtue.
– William Somerset
You’re no different. You’re no better.
– David Mills
I didn’t say I was different or better. I’m not. Hell, I sympathize; I sympathize completely. Apathy is the solution. I mean, it’s easier to lose yourself in drugs than it is to cope with life. It’s easier to steal what you want than it is to earn it. It’s easier to beat a child than it is to raise it. Hell, love costs: it takes effort and work.
– William Somerset

I seem to remember us knocking on your door.
– David Mills
Oh, that’s right. And I seem to remember breaking your face.
– John Doe

This guy’s methodical, exacting, and worst of all, patient.
– William Somerset
He’s a nut-bag! Just because the fucker’s got a library card doesn’t make him Yoda!
– David Mills

I don’t think you’re quitting because you believe these things you say. I don’t. I think you want to believe them, because you’re quitting. And you want me to agree with you, and you want me to say, “Yeah, yeah, yeah. You’re right. It’s all fucked up. It’s a fucking mess. We should all go live in a fucking log cabin.” But I won’t. I won’t say that. I don’t agree with you. I do not. I can’t.
– David Mills

Yeah, a landlord’s dream: a paralyzed tenant with no tongue.
– David Mills
Who pays the rent on time.
– William Somerset

Realize detective, the only reason that I’m here right now is that I wanted to be.
– John Doe
No, no, we would have got you eventually.
– David Mills
Oh really? So, what were you doing? Biding your time? Toying with me? Allowing five innocent people to die until you felt like springing your trap? Tell me, what was the indisputable evidence you were going to use on me right before I walked up to you and put my hands in the air?
– John Doe

What’s in the box?
– David Mills

What do you got?
– David Mills
Dead dog.
– William Somerset
I didn’t do that.
– John Doe

It seems that envy is my sin.
– John Doe

Why us?
– David Mills
He says he admires you.
– Mark Swarr