Ray Quote #353
Ray: Maybe he had some weird bond with that fish. You know? Like Flipper.
Debra: All right. I don't think it was the particular fish, Ray. I think it was more of a symbolic thing.
Ray: You mean, like... What do you mean?
Debra: It's his 65th birthday and then, on top of that, Stan dies. You know, it's bound to bring up the question of his own mortality.
Ray: Okay, but it was Stan, "the Fish."
Debra: Yes, Ray, that's the symbolic part!
Ray: I don't think that's it.
Debra: Why not?
Ray: My father isn't that deep. He doesn't make those connections. He thinks the moral of the Adam and Eve story is: "Don't eat when you're naked."
Debra: No, Ray. I think that's definitely it and I think that your father is hiding his feelings. It's normal. You know, he's afraid of dying, and then you give him the gift of death.
Everybody Loves Raymond Quotes
‘The Gift’ Quotes
Quote from Ray
Ray: Don't you see? I've set a precedent now. I got him a tropical fish tank. Now every year I got to get him something bigger and better.
Debra: No, no, no. Nobody says you have to keep topping yourself.
Ray: Yes, you do. That's the way gifts are. You have to. You can't get him an aquarium one year and the next year, Isotoners.
Debra: Your dad loves the gift. Just enjoy the moment.
Ray: I've had no training for that.
Debra: The good news is you don't have to worry about this for a year.
Ray: You know nothing about worry. It's not that I don't have to worry for a year. It's that I have a year to worry.
Quote from Marie
Frank: Hey, it's not that fruit-of-the-month thing again, is it?
Ray: No, no, no.
Marie: Oh, that was the worst!
Frank: They're still coming! We got grapefruit out the wazoo!
Marie: You promised. You promised you'd stop them.
Debra: You're still on the computer. It's gonna take a couple of months.
Marie: Dear God!
Quote from Frank
Ray: Okay, I understand. That's more of the symbol thing. You don't want me to replace the fish because you don't want me to replace you when you, you know? When you're dead.
Frank: When I'm dead? What are you bringing that up for? I don't want you to replace the fish because I found out it costs $40! Who the hell buys a $40 fish? Salmon costs $13.95 a pound, and you can eat it!
Ray: That's what you're mad at?
Frank: Yeah, yeah. Then I find out the whole fish tank costs $600! Where do you get off spending that kind of money? How's that supposed to make me feel?
Ray: Happy?
Frank: Jeezalou. $600 on a box of water!