All The Angsty ‘Breakfast Club’ Quotes We’ll Never Stop Repeating

For 30 years The Breakfast Club has served as a groundbreaking movie for angsty teens trying to discover who they are as people and where they fit in in society and social groups. That’s probably the reason you can turn on a TV just about any weekend and find it playing on some channel or other. Whether by the end of the movie you discover you’re a John Bender badass-type, or a pathological lying basketcase like Allison, there’s something in it for everyone.

To celebrate the films 30th anniversary, lets take a look at all of the angsty quotes from the movies we’ve been repeating all these years…

“You ought to spend a little less time trying to impress people.” — Bender

“When you grow up your heart dies.” — Allison

“Well I don’t know any lepers either, but I’m not gonna go out and join one of their f*cking clubs.” — Bender

“Well everyone’s home life is unsatisfying. If it wasn’t, people would live with their parents forever.” — Andy

“I could disappear forever and it wouldn’t make a difference.” — Bender

“How come Andrew gets to get up? If he gets up, we’ll all get up. It’ll be anarchy.” — Bender

“If you say you haven’t you’re a prude, if you say you have you’re a slut, it’s a trap.” — Allison

“Dick. Excuse me, Rich. Will milk be made available to us?” –Bender

“We’re all pretty bizarre, some of us are just better at hiding it.” — Andy

“Eat my shorts.” — Bender

“Screws fall out all the time, the world’s an imperfect place.” — Bender

“Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?” — Bender

“Like excuse me for being a virgin.” — Brian

“Being bad feels pretty good, huh?” — Bender

“Impossible,sir. It’s in Johnson’s underwear.” — Bender

“‘Cause I’m telling the truth, I’m being a bitch.” — Claire

“I’m thinking of tryin’ out for a scholarship.” — Bender

“Chicks cannot hold their smoke, dats what it is.” — Brian

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