[to her father]
I can't believe you can't get me out of this. I mean it's so absurd I have to be here on a Saturday! It's not like I'm a defective or anything.
John Bender
Judd Nelson · 32 quotes
Andrew
Emilio Estevez · 20 quotes
Brian Johnson
Anthony Michael Hall · 19 quotes
Claire
Molly Ringwald · 18 quotes
Allison
Ally Sheedy · 8 quotes
Vernon
Paul Gleason · 6 quotes
Most scenes together: John Bender & Claire (16), John Bender & Andrew (15), John Bender & Brian Johnson (12)
The Breakfast Club quotes
Page 1 of 4[reading from the confidential files]
Mr....oh Mr. Tierney. A history of slight mental illness. No wonder he's so **** up.
Grab some wood, bub!
Title Card
"...and these children that you spit on, as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through..." - David Bowie
I'll do anything sexual. I don't need a million dollars to do it either.
You're lying.
I already have. I've done just about everything there is except a few things that are illegal. I'm a nymphomaniac.
Lie.
Are your parents aware of this?
The only person I told was my shrink.
And what'd he do when you told him?
He nailed me.
Very nice.
I don't think it can be construed as rape since I paid him.
He's an adult!
Yeah. He's married, too.
Ugh, do you have any idea how completely gross that is?
Well, the first few times--
The first few times?! You mean, you've done it more than once?! Are you crazy?!
Obviously she's crazy if she's screwing a shrink.
Have you ever done it?
I don't even have a psychiatrist.
Have you ever done it with a normal person?
Didn't we already cover this?
You never answered the question.
Look, I'm not gonna discuss my private life with total strangers.
It's kind of a double-edged sword, isn't it?
A what?
Well, if you say you haven't, you're a prude. If you say you have, you're a slut! It's a trap. You want to but you can't but when you do you wish you didn't, right?
Wrong.
...Or, are you a tease?
She's a tease.
Why don't you just drop it?
You're a tease and you know it, all girls are teases!
She's only a tease if what she does gets you hot.
I don't do anything!
That's why you're a tease.
Okay, lemme ask you a few questions.
I've already told you everything!
No, doesn't it bother you to sleep around without being in love? I mean don't you want any respect?
I don't screw to get respect; that's the difference between you and me.
Not the only difference, I hope.
Face it, you're a tease.
I'm not a tease!
Sure you are! Sex is a weapon! You said it yourself; you use it to get respect!
No, I never said that. She twisted my words around.
Oh, then what do you use it for?
I don't use it period!
Oh, are you medically frigid or is it psychological?
I didn't mean it that way! You guys are putting words into my mouth!
Well if you'd just answer the question...
Why don't you just answer the question?
Be honest...
No big deal...
Yeah, answer it!
Answer the question, Claire!
Talk to us!
Come on, answer the question!
It's easy, it's only one question!
No! I never did it!
I never did it either, I'm not a nymphomaniac...I'm a compulsive liar.
Andrew [referring to his act of taping a classmate's buttocks together]: The bizarre thing is, is that I did it for my old man...I tortured this poor kid, because I wanted him to think that I was cool. He's always going off about, you know, when he was in school...all the wild things he used to do. And I got the feeling that he was disappointed that I never cut loose on anyone, right...So, I'm...I'm sitting in the locker room, and I'm taping up my knee. And Larry's undressing a couple lockers down from me. Yeah...he's kinda...he's kinda skinny, weak. And I started thinking about my father, and his attitude about weakness. And the next thing I knew, I uh, I jumped on top of him and started wailing on him...And my friends, they just laughed and cheered me on. And afterwards, when I was sittin' in Vernon's office, all I could think about was Larry's father. And Larry havin' to go home and...and explain what happened to him. And the humiliation...**** humiliation he must've felt. It must've been unreal...I mean, I mean, how do you apologize for something like that? There's no way...it's all because of me and my old man. Oh God, I **** hate him! He's like this...he's like this mindless machine that I can't even relate to anymore..."Andrew, you've got to be number one! I won't tolerate any losers in this family...Your intensity is for shit! Win. Win! WIN!!!" You son of a bitch! You know, sometimes, I wish my knee would give...and I wouldn't be able to wrestle anymore. And he could forget all about me.
I think your old man and my old man should get together and go bowling.
It's like me, you know, with my grades. Like, when I, when I step outside myself kinda, and when I, when I look in at myself you know? And I see me and I don't like what I see, I really don't.
What's wrong with you? Why don't you like yourself?
'Cause I'm stupid...'cause I'm failing shop. See we had this assignment, to make this ceramic elephant, and um--and we had eight weeks to do it and we're s'posed ta, and it was like a lamp, and when you pull the trunk the light was s'posed to go on. My light didn't go on, I got a F on it. Never got a F in my life. When I signed up, you know, for the course I mean. I thought I was playing it real smart, you know. 'Cause I thought, I'll take shop, it'll be such an easy way to maintain my grade point average.
Why'd you think it'd be easy?
Have you seen some of the dopes that take shop?
I take shop. You must be a ****in' idiot!
I'm a ****in' idiot because I can't make a lamp?
No, you're a genius because you can't make a lamp.
What do you know about Trigonometry?
I could care less about Trigonometry.
Bender, did you know without Trigonometry there'd be no engineering?
Without lamps, there'd be no light.
Leave her alone. I said leave her alone!
You gonna make me?
Yeah.
You and how many of your friends?
Just me, just you and me. Two hits. Me hitting you, you hitting the floor! Anytime you're ready, pal!
[John lightly pushes Andrew, but Andrew catches his hand and forces John to the ground.]
I don't wanna get into to this with you, man.
(getting up as well)
'Cause I'd kill you. It's real simple. I'd kill you and your **** parents would sue me and it would be a big mess and I don't care enough about you to bother.
Chicken shit...
[Bender takes out a switchblade and stabs it into a chair.]
Let's end this right now. You don't talk to her, you don't look at her [Meanwhile, Allison steals the switchblade.] and you don't even think about her! You understand me?
I'm trying to help her.
Look, just because you live in here doesn't give you the right to be a pain in the ass, so knock it off!
It's a free country.
He's just doing it to get a rise out of you. Just ignore him.
So...so! Are you guys like boyfriend/girlfriend? Steady dates? Lo-vers?. Come on Sporto, level with me. Do you slip her the hot-beef-injection?
Go to hell!
Enough!
Look, you guys keep up your talking and Vernon's gonna come right in here. I got a meet this Saturday and I'm not gonna miss it on account of you boneheads.
Oh and wouldn't that be a bite, huh? Missing a whole wrestling meet!
Well you wouldn't know anything about it, ****! You never competed in your whole life!
Oh, I know. I feel all empty inside because of it. I have such a deep admiration for guys that roll around on the floor with other guys.
Ahhh, you'd never make it. You don't have any goals.
Oh, but I do!
Yeah?
I wanna be just--like--you. I figure all I need's a lobotomy and some tights!
You wear tights?
No I don't wear tights, I wear the required uniform.
Tights.
Shut up!
My God, are we gonna be like our parents?
It's unavoidable, it just happens.
What happens?
When you grow up, your heart dies.
You know, Bender, you don't even count. I mean if you disappeared forever it wouldn't make any difference. You may as well not even exist at this school.
[John looks distraught for a second, but shakes it off.]
Well, I'll just run right out and join the wrestling team.
Nah, they wouldn't take you.
I'm hurt.
You know why guys like you knock everything...
Oh, this should be stunning.
It's 'cause you're afraid.
Oh, God! You richies are so smart, that's exactly why I'm not heavy in activities!
You're a big coward.
I'm in the math club.
See you're afraid that they won't take you. You don't belong, so you just have to dump all over it.
Well, it wouldn't have anything to do with you activities people being assholes...now would it?
Well you wouldn't know; you don't even know any of us.
Well, I don't know any lepers either, but I'm not gonna run out and join one of their **** clubs.
(to Brian)
Hey, homeboy, why don't you close that door; we'll get the Prom Queen impregnated.
Hey. Hey!
What?
If I lose my temper, you're totaled man!
Totally?
Totally!
Big deal. Nothing to do when you're locked in a vacancy.
Speak for yourself.
Do you think I'd speak for you? I don't even know your language.
Claire, you wanna see a picture of a guy with elephantitus of the nuts? It's pretty tasty.
No thank you.
How do you think he rides a bike? Oh, and Claire, would you ever consider dating a guy like this?
Can't you just leave me alone?
I mean if he had a great personality and was a good dancer and had a cool car. Although you'd probably have to ride in the back seat 'cause his nuts would ride shotgun.
You know what I wish I was doing right now...?
Uh-uh, watch what you say; Brian here's a cherry.
A cherry?
I wish I was on a plane...to France...
When have you ever gotten laid?
I've laid lots of times.
Name-one.
She lives in Canada. I met her at Niagra Falls; you wouldn't know her.
You ever laid anyone around here? [Brian, nervous that Claire might hear, motions for John to quiet down.] Oh...you and Claire did it...
What are you talking about?
Nothing, nothing. [to John] Let's just talk about it later, just drop it--
--No, drop what? What are you talking about?
Well, in addition the number of girls in the Niagra Falls area, that currently you and he are riding the hobby horse.
Little pig!
No, I'm not, I'm--John said I was I cherry, I said I wasn't! That's it! That's all that was said!
Well, then what were you motioning to Claire for?
You know, I don't appreciate this, Brian.
He is lying!
Oh, you weren't motioning to Claire?
Were you, or were you not, motioning to Claire?
Yeah, but it's...it's because I didn't want her to know I was a virgin. [John and Claire stare at him for a moment.] Excuse me for being a virgin, I'm sorry!
Why didn't you to want me to know you were a virgin?
'Cause it's personal business! It's my personal, private business!
Well, Brian, it doesn't look like you have any business.
I think it's OK for a guy to be a virgin.
Hey, Cherry. Do you belong to the physics club?
That's an academic club.
So?
So, academic clubs aren't the same as other kinds of clubs.
Ah, but to dorks like him, they are. What do you guys do in your club?
Well, in physics we-we talk about physics, properties of physics.
So it's sorta social, demented and sad, but social. Right?