The Breakfast Club Quotes
1980s American films, Coming-of-age films, Teen comedy-drama films, 1985 films, High school films, Screenplays by John Hughes (filmmaker), Films set in Illinois, United States National Film Registry films, Films directed by John Hughes
Top Quotes
“Molly Ringwald — Claire Standish”
“Chicks cannot hold their smoke, dat's what it is.”
“They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.”
“Five strangers with nothing in common, except each other.”
“Yeah, I got a question. Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?”
“Screws fall out all the time; the world is an imperfect place.”
“Hey, how come Andrew gets to get up? '''If he gets up, we'll all get up…it'll be anarchy!''''”
“Judd Nelson — John Bender”
“Ally Sheedy — Allison Reynolds”
“John Kapelos — Carl, the Janitor”
“Wikipedia: The Breakfast Club”
“Rotten Tomatoes: The Breakfast Club”
“Emilio Estevez — Andrew "Andy" Clark”
“Paul Gleason — Vice Principal Richard Vernon”
“Internet Movie Database (IMDb): The Breakfast Club”
“Anthony Michael Hall — Brian Ralph Johnson”
“[to Claire] You know how you said before that your parents use you to get back at each other? Wouldn't I be outstanding in that capacity?”
“They were five total strangers, with nothing in common, meeting for the first time. A brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse. Before the day was over, they broke the rules. Bared their souls and touched each other in a way they never dreamed possible.”
“"The Breakfast Club Cast’s 40-Year Reunion Shows Why A Modern Remake Would Never Work" by Gage Klipper, The Federalist (April 21, 2025)”
“[first lines] Saturday, March 24, 1984. Shermer High School, Shermer, Illinois, 60062. Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. What we did was wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? And you see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal. Correct? That's the way we saw each other at 7:00 this morning. We were brainwashed.”