Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) - Quotes

Celebration of Music and Dance

Taglines: SINGIN'! DANCIN'! ROMANCIN'!

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

A Musical Adventure of Love and Weddings

Taglines: A WONDERFUL, YOUTHFUL, LOVIN', KISSIN MUSICAL ABOUT SEVEN STOLEN SWEETIES AND THEIR SHOTGUN WEDDINGS!

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

A Unique Musical Adventure Awaits

Taglines: The once-in-a-lifetime musical romp!

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Collective Response to a Father's Inquiry

Rev. Elcott: [after rounding up the girls] We're all fathers here and we love you, so don't be afraid to answer. A while back I heard a wee babe crying in the house. Whose is it?

Rev. Elcott: Whose is it, don't be afraid to tell?

Dorcas, Alice, Sarah, Liza, Ruth, Martha: [all at once and smiling] Mine!

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Naming a Daughter in Seven Brides

Adam: What do you call her?

Milly: I was thinking of some name like Hannah or Hagar or Hephzibah, picking up where your mother left off.

Adam: Hannah.

Milly: Hannah.

Adam: I got to thinking up at the cabin, about the baby. How I'd feel if someone came creeping in and carried her off. I'd string him up the nearest tree. I'd shoot him down as I would a thieving fox.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Misunderstanding Love and Responsibilities in Marriage

Adam: [after Milly has banished him and his brothers to the barn for kidnapping the girls] Now you're takin this too hard! Everything will work out fine. We'll get a preacher up here someway or another.

Milly: [Shocked and irate] You think that those girls would marry them now? You think it's so easy because I didn't court you or nothin', that that's all there is to it! I married you because I fell in love with you the moment I saw you, but I thought it was the same for you too.

Adam: Now, Milly...

Milly: [Enraged and distraught] You think a wife's just a cookin thing! You've got no understandings, you've got no feelings! How could you do a thing like this? Just think of these poor girls sick with fright-!... And their families crazy with worry-!... I can't abide to look at you!

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Journey to the Ends of the Earth

Ruth: [Caleb is helping her bring food to the table] If you'll just follow me.

Caleb: To the ends of the earth.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

A Conversation About Girls in Isolation

Milly: Don't you like girls?

Gideon: We ain't never hardly ever seen one.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Morning Chores and Family Dynamics

Milly: Good morning my brothers. If you're looking for your outside clothes, they're hanging up drying on the line. I came in before and got them. I couldn't get your inside clothes, so I'll take them now.

Benjamin: Our underwear?

Milly: You're winter underwear that you're sleeping in. You might as well hand it over because you're not gonna get your clothes or food or nothing til you get all cleaned up and shaved.

Benjamin: Where's Adam? We wanna talk to Adam.

Milly: He's out plowing, he had his breakfast over a half an hour ago. I got hot muffins waiting, crisp bacon, steak, fryer potatoes, fresh ground coffee. Now do I get that winter underwear, or do I have to come in there and take it off of you?

Benjamin: Don't listen to her. She wouldn't dare.

Milly: Oh, wouldn't I?

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Unexpected Revelations Among Brothers and Spouses

Adam: This is my brother Caleb.

Milly: How are you brother Caleb?

Adam: This is Milly, my wife.

Caleb: Your wife? Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle! Hey Dan, he did it, he got married!

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Manners and Marriage in Social Invitations

Adam: [sarcastically] May I escort you to the ball, ma'am?

Milly: Well, it wouldn't hurt you to learn some manners, too.

Adam: What do I need manners for? I already got me a wife.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Strangers Among Us in the Community

Dorcas: [upon seeing the Pontipee brothers arrive at the barn raising] Who are they? I don't recall ever seeing them before.

Liza: They're strangers to me.

Ruth: Seven of them.

Martha: And all as tall as church steeples.

Alice: It's Milly! Milly!

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

A Man's Quest for a Wife

Adam: I like best a widow woman that ain't afraid to work. There's seven of us men. Me and my six brothers. Place is like a pigsty, and the food tastes worse. So I made up my mind. The next time I come to town to trade, I'll bring me back a wife.

Mrs. Bixby: Well, that's a fine thing, I must say! Thinking you could come here and trade for a wife like she was a bag of meal.

Adam: Oh, oh, no, ma'am. I wouldn't say that, ma'am.

Mrs. Bixby: Let me tell you, none of our gals is going to go off to bear country with you - to cook and wash and slave for seven slummocky backwoodsmen.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Liza's Frustration with Constant Snowfall

Liza: Doesn't it do anything but snow up here? We've had a blizzard every day for the past two months. I'm going crazy, shut up in this house!

Caleb's View on Vows and Cattle

Caleb: Can't make no vows to a herd of cows.

Naming Inspired by Biblical Traditions

Caleb: There were no F names in the Bible, so Ma named him Frankincense because he smelled so sweet.

Milly's Firm Stance on Household Boundaries

Milly: [to the brothers] This house is for the girls. You're not gonna set foot in it as long as they're here. You'll eat and sleep in the barn with the rest of the livestock. Now get out of here. I'm ashamed of you.

A Bridegroom's Unconventional Wedding Night

Milly: Somehow it just don't seem fittin for a bridegroom to spend his weddin night in a tree.

Milly on Competition for Attention at Events

Milly: It's a whole month before the barn-raising and the picnic. But there's one thing you gotta remember: You're gonna have a lot of competition, cause every one of those girls down there has five or ten fellas buzzing around them.

Frustration with Unchangeable Circumstances

Adam: You're beating your head against a stone wall, Milly. You'll never make jackadandies out of them!

The Essence of Love and Decision

Adam: [singing to Gideon about being in love] How can you tell what's in its spell? How can you tell unless you've tried it? Wait for that kiss you're certain of. And let your heart decide when you're in love.

Celebrating Ideal Beauty in Love

Adam: [singing] Pretty and trim, But not too slim, Heavenly eyes, And just the right size, Simple and sweet, And *sassy* as can be, Bless her beautiful hide, Yes, she's the girl for me!

A Man's Determination to Find a Wife

Adam: I'm here today to get me a wife. I don't aim to go back home empty handed. Now, you're all pretty and fresh and young. And I'll keep you in mind. But I ain't deciding on nothin until I look them all over.