The Breakfast Club is an American teen drama directed by John Hughes and released in 1985. The film stars Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, and Molly Ringwald.
This 80s classic has a cult following. It centers around five high school students who meet on Saturday mornings to eat breakfast in detention for skipping school. It follows their relationships with each other and the characters’ struggles in life. The Breakfast Club is often referred to as one of the best movies of all time, along with other John Hughes classics such as Sixteen Candles (1984) and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986).
Here are some best quotes from the movie that are still relatable after 30 years and will give you the flashback to the 80’s – check this out.
21 Breakfast Club Quotes Are Still Relevant
1. “You do everything everyone tells you to do and that is a problem.” ― Allison
2. “Do you think I’d speak for you? I don’t even know your language.” ― Bender
3. “If you say you haven’t, you’re a prude. If you say you have, you’re a s*ut. It’s a trap.” ― Allison
4. “Do you think I’d speak for you? I don’t even know your language.” ― Bender
5. “You ought to spend a little more time trying to make something of yourself and a little less time trying to impress people.” ― Vernon
6. “Remember how you said your parents use you to get back at each other? Wouldn’t I be outstanding in that capacity?” – Bender
7. “My office is right across the hall. Any monkey business is ill-advised. Any questions?” – Principal Vernon
8. “Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect place.” ― John Bender
9. “Well, if you say you haven’t [had sex], you’re a prude. If you say you have, you’re a s*ut. It’s a trap. You want to but you can’t, and when you do you wish you didn’t, right?” ― Allison
10. “We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.” ― Andrew
11. “I wanna be an airborne ranger, I wanna be put in danger.” ― Bender
12. “The next time I have to come in here I’m crackin’ skulls.” ― Richard Vernon
13. “You’re an idiot anyway. But if you say you get along with your parents, well, you’re a liar too.” ― John Bender
14. “I hate it. I hate having to go along with everything my friends say.” ― Claire
15. “I got you for the rest of your natural-born life if you don’t watch your step.” ― Richard Vernon
16. “I could disappear forever and it wouldn’t make a difference.” ― Bender
17. “ I don’t have to run away and live in the street. I can run away and I can go to the ocean. I can go to the country. I can go to the mountains. I could go to Israel, Africa, Afghanistan.” ― Allison
18. “Don’t mess with the bull, young man. You’ll get the horns.” ― Richard Vernon
19. “Chicks cannot hold their smoke.” ― Brian
20. “When you grow up, your heart dies.” ― Allison
21. “So it’s sorta social, demented and sad, but social. Right?” – John Bender
