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John Hughes Quotes

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“[Chet is telling everyone about his bear story]

So when you go to bed tonight, and you hear a noise, whatever you do, don't look out the window...[Chet shouts while he tosses some of his alcoholic beverage into the fireplace causing a huge fireball shooting out of the chimney]...because there might be a bear!”
— Chet Ripley, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Bears
“Roman: There's no mystery here, Chet. I know how you really feel about me.

Chet: Do you?

Roman: Yeah, and I knew that if I was ever to give you something, you figure there'd be strings attached.

Chet: Is that a fact?

Roman: Yeah, that's a fact. At our wedding, you were in the john, Kate and Connie's dad. You were talking. Do you happen to remember the substance of that conversation?

Chet: No I don't.

Roman: Well, I do, and it's one I'll never forget. I heard you say—and I quote—‘that Roman Craig is a crooked son of a bitch’. Next time you stab somebody in the back, Chester, you better check under the stalls for feet. You may think I'm made out of armor and nails, man, but when I get cut, it hurts. That cut me, and I hurt.

Chet: Roman, I'm really sorry. I had a lot to drink that night. I really don't remember saying that, but if you said I did, then I must have. I apologize to you both. It was a terrible thing to say.

Roman: Look, I don't hold grudges, and I don't have any hard feelings. To show you I'm the type of guy who can forgive and forget, well, I'd still like to offer you a piece of that investment.”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: grudges, hard feelings, crooked, Mystery
“Looks like you're wanking your crank.”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: wanking, masturbation, crank
“[Chet and Roman are arguing]

Chet: You've got an awful lot of nerve, Roman, a lot of nerve.

Roman: It's served me well, I'm the one with the Mercedes.

Chet: By the way, is it paid for?

Roman: Are you jealous? Chester!

Chet: Don't call me Chester! Call me that one more time and you're gonna go home with a dent in your forehead!

Kate Craig: Oh yeah, that'll be the day!

Chet: Would you like one to match his?

Roman: [raising his fists] Hey, take it easy! You wanna go right now?

Buck Ripley: [breaking them apart] Dad, dad, dad. No one's denting anybody.

Roman: Thanks, Bucky.

Buck Ripley: Oh, bite the big one, Uncle Roman!

Connie Ripley: Hey, don't talk to adults that way!

Buck Ripley: Why not?

Roman: Because it's rude.

Connie Ripley: Oh, blow it out your ass!”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Blow It Out Your Ass, Bite the Big One, Jealous, Rude
“Roman: I don't need cocktails for that. Was that a shot?

Chet: No, that was the truth.

Roman: Oh, that was a shot!

Chet: That...was a shot.

Roman: [to the bartender] Speaking of shots, set us up!”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: shots, Truth, Bartender
“Roman: [Chet, Roman, and the kids are out fishing and are putting bait on their hooks] These are the biggest worms I have ever encountered.

Chet: They're not worms, they're leeches.”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Worms, Leeches, Gross
“What a gas! Chet's gonna shit a solid gold brick when he sees us, what a great surprise!”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Gas, surprise, shit a brick
“Roman: I think we should go into town tomorrow and pick up a ski boat. Whaddya say? Sound good, guys? Uncle Roman'll blow some coin on a kick-ass drag boat!

Chet: That's OK, we're renting a pontoon boat.

Roman: Pontoon boat? What the hell are you gonna do with a pontoon boat? Retake Omaha Beach?”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: pontoon boat, Omaha Beach, Kick-Ass
“Look at the size of the maggots on that meat!”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Maggots, Meat, Gross
“You wouldn't know a good time if it fell out of the sky and landed on your face and started to wiggle!”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Good Time
“Personally, I'd rather see a 46-inch bust singing ‘Burnin' Love.’”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Elvis Presley, Burnin' Love
“Kate Craig: Ahh! [Kate and Roman run out of their bedroom]

Roman: What?

Kate Craig: It touched me!

Roman: It's been touching you for 12 years, you never freak!

Kate Craig: Not you! [Kate hits Roman on the arm] A thing.

Roman: What thing?

Chet: [Comes out of his bedroom, along with the rest of the family, and turns on the lights] What's going on?

Kate Craig: That thing!

[Points to a bat]

Roman: Oh, it's just a little sparrow.

Kate Craig: C'mon Roman, it's got ears!

Buck Ripley: Jesus!

[Everyone screams and runs out of the cabin]”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: bat, Sparrow
“[Chet is eating the last bite of the 96-ounce steak]

Roman: I think that just about does it.

Grill Chef: He's not done yet!

Roman: It might take him a moment for that last bite to go down, but it will go down!

Grill Chef: That ain't the last bite!

Roman: Well sure it is, there is nothing on that plate but gristle and fat! [the chef raises his eyebrows] No problem. If I can get a dessert down him, think you can throw in a couple of Paul Bunyan hats for the kids?”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Paul Bunyan, Steak
“Roman: Honey?

Kate Craig: [in the shower] Yes?

Roman: How come Chet's kids look at him like he's Zeus and ours look at me like I'm a rack of yard tools at Sears? Why can't they connect with me?

Kate Craig: Well, maybe if you spent less time at work and more time with us, it would...

Roman: Put a cork in it honey, I'm on the phone!”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Jealousy, Sears, Zeus
“[Chet is being pulled by the boat on water-skies at high speed]

Chet: You bastard! You bastard!

Roman: I think he's saying go faster.”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Bastard, faster, Misheard
“I gotta go to the John, I'll be right back. Gonna introduce Mr. Thick Dick to Mr. Urinal Cake!”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Thick Dick, Urinal Cake
“How about the gourmet here, you know what he wanted? Hot dogs! You know what they make those things out of, Chet? You know? Lips and assholes!”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: gourmet, Hot Dogs, Lips, Assholes
“Good evening. How's it going? Listen, girls...uh...as your father, I feel it incumbent upon me to set the record straight on the validity of the tale which Uncle Chet shared with us this evening. I know that a terrifying story like that coming from the mouth of a recognized authority figure could be traumatizing for kids like yourselves; I know that, because I had a similar experience with my uncle Roy and a story he used to tell, about a family who went into the woods and was attacked by a band of escaped Army psychiatric patients who'd been subjected to violent, hellish, torturous behavior-modification experiments. It seems they escaped from the metal boxes the Army kept them in, found his family in the woods, fell upon them, slaughtered them and ate them. Now that story—phew—it gave me nightmares not to be believed. Well I thought that Uncle Chet's story upset you in the same way. I'm here to say that there actually is NO bear, and that all that Uncle Chet was saying was just a yarn... spinning for our... entertainment. And even if there were a bear out there, I'm in the house. To protect you. So uh... no more thinking about bears. Alright? No more thinking about unpleasant things. We're gonna close our eyes and dream about nice things. About cuddly, soft, fluffy things. Okay? Super. Good night. Sleep tight.”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: nightmares, violent, Bears, behavior modification
“Rusty Griswold: Who was it that said when in Rome do as the Romans do?

Clark Griswold: That was Rome, not Paris. This is Paris and you're drunk.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's European Vacation
Tagged: when in rome, Rome, paris, Drunk, vacation movies
“You might be the toughest little whacker at the junior high but in my world, you're about as worrisome as a cloudy day.”
— Dutch Dooley, Dutch
Tagged: Understatement, Thanksgiving Movies
“Car Rental Agent: [cheerfully] Welcome to Marathon, may I help you?

Neal: Yes.

Car Rental Agent: How may I help you?

Neal: You can start by wiping that fucking dumb-ass smile off your rosy fucking cheeks! And you can give me a fucking automobile: a fucking Datsun, a fucking Toyota, a fucking Mustang, a fucking Buick! Four fucking wheels and a seat!

Car Rental Agent: I really don't care for the way you're speaking to me.

Neal: And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of fucking nowhere with fucking keys to a fucking car that isn't fucking there. And I really didn't care to fucking walk down a fucking highway, and across a fucking runway to get back here to have you smile in my fucking face. I want a fucking car... right... fucking... now.

Car Rental Agent: May I see your rental agreement?

Neal: I threw it away.

Car Rental Agent: Oh boy.

Neal: Oh boy, what?

Car Rental Agent: You're fucked.”
— Neal Page, Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Tagged: Fucked, Thanksgiving Movies
“What was he wearing? Well, uh, let's see, he was wearing a red argyle sweater, and tan trousers, and red shoes... Hmm? No, he's not retarded.”
— Howard Baker, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: argyle, Retarded
“Would you stop feeling sorry for yourself? It's bad for your complexion.”
— Randy, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: Self-Pity, skincare
“No more yankie my wankie. The Donger need food!”
— Long Duk Dong, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: chinese stereotypes, me hungry
“I really love Rudy. He is totally enamored of me. I mean, I've had men who've loved me before, but not for six months in a row.”
— John Hughes, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: enamored, Crush
“Brenda Baker: Don't be a smartass.

Mike Baker: OK, I'll be a dumbass.”
— Mike Baker, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: smartass, Dumbass
“I want a serious girlfriend. Somebody I can love, that's gonna love me back. Is that psycho?”
— Jake Ryan, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: Girlfriend, Love, psycho
“[to Samantha] Can I borrow your underpants for 10 minutes?”
— Geek 'Farmer Ted', Sixteen Candles
Tagged: panty fetish, creepy
“By night's end, I predict me and her will interface.”
— Geek 'Farmer Ted', Sixteen Candles
Tagged: interface, Double Entendres
“I can't believe this. They fucking forgot my birthday.”
— Samantha, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: birthday, Fucking, Forgot
“Donger's here for five hours, and he's got somebody. I live here my whole life, and I'm like a disease.”
— Samantha, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: disease, stalker, Annoying
“Brenda Baker: Can you remember to turn off the stove in twenty minutes?

Samantha: I can remember lots of things.”
— Samantha, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: Tasks, stove, Memory
“Samantha: When you don't have anything, you don't have anything to lose. Right?

Randy: That's a cheerful thought.”
— Samantha, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: nothing to lose, cheerful, Sarcasm
“I loathe the bus. There has to be a more dignified mode of transportation.”
— Samantha, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: bus, dignified, Transportation
“Cousin Vicki: I'm going steady, and I French kiss.

Audrey Griswold: So? Everybody does that.

Cousin Vicki: Yeah, but Daddy says I'm the best at it.”
— Cousin Vicki, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: Going Steady, French Kissing, Incest
“I got laid off when they closed that asbestos factory, and wouldn't you know it, the army cuts my disability pension because they said that the plate in my head wasn't big enough.”
— Cousin Eddie, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: Disability, laid off, plate in the head
“Audrey Griswold: Mom, where can I go to the bathroom?

Ellen Griswold: Find a bush Audrey!
: Mom, where can I go to the bathroom?

Ellen Griswold: Find a bush, Audrey!”
— Ellen Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: Public Urination, bathrooms
“Ellen Griswold: Lord, we loved this woman with all our heart.

Audrey Griswold: Let's not overdo it, mom.

Ellen Griswold: Shut up.”
— Ellen Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: Love, Eulogies, overdoing it, Sarcasm
“Rusty Griswold: Is that a real gun, Mom?

Ellen Griswold: I don't know, Rusty, but when this is all over, your father...may be going away for a little while.”
— Ellen Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: Guns, trouble
“[after driving off the road]
Ellen Griswold: I think I broke my nose.

Rusty Griswold: I stabbed my brain.

Audrey Griswold: I just got my period.”
— Ellen Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: Car Crash, broken nose, period
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