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John Keating10 quotes
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. — John Keating · 1989Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. — John Keating · 1989The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be? — John Keating · 1989No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. — John Keating · 1989Language was developed for one endeavor, and that is...to woo women. — John Keating · 1989We are food for worms, lads...because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die. — John Keating · 1989All 10 quotes →Ferris Bueller3 quotes
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller · 1986How can I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this? — Ferris Bueller · 1986The question isn't what are we going to do. The question is what aren't we going to do. — Ferris Bueller · 1986Andrew Clark2 quotes
My God, are we gonna be like our parents? — Andrew Clark · 1985We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all. — Andrew Clark · 1985Allison Reynolds1 quote
When you grow up, your heart dies. — Allison Reynolds · 1985Cameron James1 quote
Just 'cause you're beautiful, that doesn't mean that you can treat people like they don't matter. — Cameron James · 1999Cher1 quote
She's my friend because we both know what it's like for people to be jealous of us. — Cher · 1995Chez Quis Maitre D'1 quote
I weep for the future. — Chez Quis Maitre D' · 1986Claire Standish1 quote
Do you know how popular I am? I am so popular everybody loves me so much at this school. — Claire Standish · 1985Coach Finstock1 quote
It doesn't matter how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose. And even that doesn't make all that much difference. — Coach Finstock · 1985Denise Fleming1 quote
Just so you know, judging from my little experience last night, I do think there is such a thing as fate. It just works in really fucked up ways sometimes. — Denise Fleming · 1998Gretchen Wieners1 quote
I'm sorry that people are so jealous of me. But I can't help it that I'm popular. — Gretchen Wieners · 2004Joel Goodson1 quote
College women can smell ignorance...like dog shit. — Joel Goodson · 1983John Bender1 quote
I could disappear forever and it wouldn’t make any difference. — John Bender · 1985Kat Stratford1 quote
I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare. I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme. I hate it, I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry. I hate it when you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call. But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all. — Kat Stratford · 1999Louanne Johnson1 quote
The mind is like a muscle, okay, and if you want it to be really powerful, you got to work it out. Ok? Each new fact gives you another choice. Each new idea builds another muscle, okay, and it’s those muscles that are going to make you really strong. Those are your weapons and in this unsafe world, I want to arm you...Look, okay, if at the end of the term, you’re not faster, stronger, and smarter, you will have lost nothing. But if you are, you’ll be that much tougher to knock down. — Louanne Johnson · 1995Mike Dexter1 quote
We're gonna be in college soon. You know who's gonna be in college, right?...Women. College women. Women with no curfew, women on the pill, and women...women, bro. We're staring into the future here and the future is women. — Mike Dexter · 1998Miles Dalby1 quote
Joel, you wanna know something? Every now and then say, "What the fuck." "What the fuck" gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future. — Miles Dalby · 1983Richard Vernon1 quote
You ought to spend a little more time trying to do something with yourself and a little less time trying to impress people. — Richard Vernon · 1985