Thirtysomething (TV Series)

Accounts Receivable (1988)

Dena Dietrich: Birdie Kravitz

Quotes 

• Michael Steadman : [going over the finances of his father's company]  Birdie, there's a balloon payment due in 90 days. Did he know that?

  Birdie Kravitz : He was a very sick man, Michael. He knew enough. The rest, he didn't ask. And there were other things in his life, what with a woman...

  Michael Steadman : Linda.

  Birdie Kravitz : And maybe I could have told him more, but what was the point?

  Michael Steadman : The point is, what do we do now?

  Birdie Kravitz : Sell. Sell everything. You'll go home maybe with a little more than you came in with.

  Michael Steadman : [indicating the factory workers]  And what... what about...

  Birdie Kravitz : Michael, the books don't lie. A business... a business has a lifespan. I mean, the world has changed. Piece goods, now they come pre-cut from the Philippines. Or they job 'em out to Taiwan. And your brother... no matter how hard he's been killing himself, the books don't lie.