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These quotes are basically the word version of those friendship bracelets you made in sixth grade. Click on any friendship quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.
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"A boy's best friend is his mother."Source: Psycho | Speaker: Norman Bates


"A Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere."Source: Red River | Speaker: Cherry Valance



"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite."Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Author: Stephen Chbosky

"And in the morning...I'm making waffles!"Source: Shrek | Speaker: Donkey


"Anything. Can be a slam. Poem. If you say it like this."Source: Parks and Recreation | Speaker: Leslie Knope

"Are you gonna bark all day, little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"Source: Reservoir Dogs | Speaker: Mr. Blonde


"Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you"Source: Of Mice and Men | Author: John Steinbeck


"Blood is thicker than water."Source: Ancient Proverb | Author: Unknown

"Can you dig it?"Source: Super Fly | Speaker: Youngblood Priest

"Can you pay my bills?"Source: "Bills Bills Bills" | Speaker: Destiny's Child

"Come on, come on, do the locomotion with me."Source: "The Locomotion" | Speaker: Little Eva


"Consume mass quantities."Source: SNL sketch "The Coneheads" | Speaker: The Coneheads

"Could be raining."Source: Young Frankenstein | Speaker: Igor

"Danger, Will Robinson!"Source: Lost in Space | Speaker: The Robot

"Darlin' it's better, down where it's wetter, take it from me!"Source: Under the Sea | Speaker: Sebastian the Crab

"Did you ever know that you're my hero?"Source: Wind Beneath My Wings | Speaker: Bette Midler

"Do you have any Grey Poupon?"Source: Grey Poupon TV commercial | Speaker: Man in Car

"Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony."Source: Ebony and Ivory | Speaker: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder



"Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings."Source: It's a Wonderful Life | Speaker: Zuzu Bailey

"Everyone keeps saying that. It must be a conspiracy."Source: Jessica Jones | Speaker: Jessica Jones


"Flushed with his impassioned gibberish, he saw himself standing alone on the last barrier of civilization."Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn"Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Gee, Mrs. Cleaver..."Source: Leave It to Beaver | Speaker: Eddie Haskell

"Get busy living or get busy dying."Source: The Shawshank Redemption | Speaker: Andy Dufresne and "Red" Redding

"Get out!"Source: Seinfeld | Speaker: Elaine Benes

"Have fun storming the castle!"Source: The Princess Bride | Speaker: Miracle Max

"He ain't mean," said Slim. "I can tell a mean guy from a mile off."Source: Of Mice and Men | Author: John Steinbeck

"He tells you when you've got on too much lipstick"Source: The Perfect Husband | Author: Ogden Nash

"Heh heh."Source: Beavis and Butt-Head | Speaker: Beavis and Butt-Head

"Hello, Clarice."Source: The Silence of the Lambs | Speaker: Hannibal Lecter



"Hey now!"Source: The Larry Sanders Show | Speaker: Hank Kingsley

"Hey, brother."Source: Arrested Development | Speaker: Buster Bluth

"Hey, HEY, hey!"Source: What's Happening!! | Speaker: Dwayne Nelson

"Hi-di-ho, neighbor!"Source: Home Improvement | Speaker: Wilson W. Wilson, Jr.

"Hoke, you're my best friend."Source: Driving Miss Daisy | Speaker: Miss Daisy

"How you doin'?"Source: Friends | Speaker: Joey Tribbiani

"I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."Source: The Remarkable Rocket | Author: Oscar Wilde

"I can still tend the rabbits, George? I didn't mean no harm, George."Source: Of Mice and Men | Author: John Steinbeck

"I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you love me"Source: "As Long As You Love Me" | Speaker: Backstreet Boys

"I don't even want a boyfriend."Source: Girls | Speaker: Hannah Horvath


"I drove all night to get to you."Source: I Drove All Night | Speaker: Cyndi Lauper, Roy Orbison

"I feel so close to you right now, it's a force field."Source: Feel So Close | Speaker: Calvin Harris

"I get by with a little help from my friends."Source: With a Little Help from My Friends | Speaker: The Beatles

"I had to go see about a girl."Source: Good Will Hunting | Speaker: Will Hunting

"I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature."Source: Northanger Abbey | Author: Jane Austen


"I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control."Source: Emma (1996 adaptation) | Speaker: Emma Woodhouse

"I might love the people upstairs more If only they lived on another floor."Source: The People Upstairs | Author: Ogden Nash

"I need to know that I'm being heard."Source: The Comeback | Speaker: Valerie Cherish

"I never knew me a better time, and I guess I never will."Source: "Crocodile Rock" | Speaker: Elton John


"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good"Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Author: J.K. Rowling

"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."Source: Casablanca | Speaker: Rick Blaine

"I used to love doggy chow."Source: Showgirls | Speaker: Cristal Connors

"I wanna really really really wanna zig-a-zig ha."Source: "Wannabe" | Speaker: The Spice Girls

"I was born a poor black child."Source: The Jerk | Speaker: Navin R. Johnson

"I would rather be with the people of this town than with the finest people in the world."Source: Roxanne | Speaker: Mayor Deebs

"I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light."Source: Question and Answer Session | Speaker: Helen Keller


"I'm a mog—half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend."Source: Spaceballs | Speaker: Barf


"I'm in a glass case of emotion!"Source: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Speaker: Ron Burgundy

"I'm not interested in caring about people."Source: Parks and Recreation | Speaker: Ron Swanson

"I'm Spartacus!"Source: Spartacus | Speaker: Antonius


"I've found my friends. They're in my head."Source: "Lithium" | Speaker: Nirvana

"If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble."Source: Of Mice and Men | Author: John Steinbeck

"If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends."Source: "Wannabe" | Speaker: Spice Girls

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."Source: Arsenic and Old Lace | Speaker: Mortimer Brewster

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Author: J.K. Rowling

"It's a dog eat dog world, Sammy, and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear."Source: Cheers | Speaker: Norm Peterson

"It's amazing. You look like a normal person, but actually you are the angel of death."Source: When Harry Met Sally | Speaker: Sally Albright



"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."Source: The Godfather: Part II | Speaker: Michael Corleone

"Kid, the next time I say, "Let's go someplace like Bolivia," let's go someplace like Bolivia."Source: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Speaker: Butch Cassidy

"Let the wild rumpus start!"Source: Where the Wild Things Are | Author: Maurice Sendak

"Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead."Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"Source: The Wizard of Oz | Speaker: Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow


"May the Force be with you."Source: Star Wars | Speaker: Han Solo

"Me, Tarzan. You, Jane."Source: Tarzan the Ape Man | Speaker: Tarzan

"My mad face and my happy face are the same."Source: True Blood | Speaker: Pam De Beaufort


"Nanu nanu."Source: Mork & Mindy | Speaker: Mork

"No soup for you!"Source: Seinfeld | Speaker: The Soup Nazi

"No, Lennie, I ain't mad. I never been mad, and I ain' now. That's a thing I want ya to know."Source: Of Mice and Men | Author: John Steinbeck

"Norm!"Source: Cheers | Speaker: The Cast of Cheers

"Note to self: After a long day at work, I don't need to see that!"Source: The Comeback | Speaker: Valerie Cherish as Aunt Sassy

"Oh my god, they killed Kenny!"Source: South Park | Speaker: Cast of South Park


"On Wednesdays, we wear pink."Source: Mean Girls | Speaker: Karen Smith

"Play it again, Sam."Source: Casablanca | Speaker: Ilsa Lund

"Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name."Source: Sympathy for the Devil | Speaker: The Rolling Stones

"Run, Forrest, run!"Source: Forrest Gump | Speaker: Jenny Curran

"Serenity now!"Source: Seinfeld | Speaker: Frank Costanza

"Shall we play a game?"Source: WarGames | Speaker: WOPR/Joshua

"She's a full-on Monet."Source: Clueless | Speaker: Cher

"She's my person."Source: Grey's Anatomy | Speaker: Dr. Cristina Yang

"Sookie."Source: True Blood | Speaker: Bill Compton


"That's hot."Source: The Simple Life | Speaker: Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie

"The calla lilies are in bloom again."Source: Stage Door | Speaker: Terry Randall

"The hell with the rabbits. That's all you can ever remember is them rabbits."Source: Of Mice and Men | Author: John Steinbeck


"The loons! The loons! They're welcoming us back."Source: On Golden Pond | Speaker: Ethel Thayer


"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."Source: The Importance of Being Earnest | Author: Oscar Wilde

"There's always hope tomorrow will be taco night."Source: Orange Is the New Black | Speaker: Nicky Nichols

"These pretzels are making me thirsty!"Source: Seinfeld | Speaker: Seinfeld Cast


"Thirty—the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair"Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"This is not one of your more convincing fake showers."Source: Girls | Speaker: Marnie Michaels

"This one time, at band camp…"Source: American Pie | Speaker: Michelle Flaherty

"Tin roof...rusted!"Source: Love Shack | Speaker: The B-52's

"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."Source: In Memoriam | Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson

"Toga! Toga!"Source: Animal House | Speaker: John "Bluto" Blutarsky

"Up your nose with a rubber hose!"Source: Welcome Back, Kotter | Speaker: Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino

"Vegas, baby, Vegas!"Source: Swingers | Speaker: Trent Walker

"We all need somebody to lean on."Source: "Lean on Me" | Speaker: Bill Withers



"We're on a mission from God."Source: The Blues Brothers | Speaker: Elwood Blues

"Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!"Source: Sons of the Desert | Speaker: Oliver Hardy

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."Source: Wuthering Heights | Author: Emily Brontë

"Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past."Source: My Ántonia | Author: Willa Cather

"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Yas queen!"Source: Broad City | Speaker: Ilana Wexler

"Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me! We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot!"Source: Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) | Speaker: Pirates

"You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything."Source: "Building a Dream" in Oprah Magazine | Speaker: Oprah Winfrey


"You eediot!"Source: Ren & Stimpy | Speaker: Ren Höek

"You know the difference between you and me? I make this look good."Source: Men in Black | Speaker: J


"You want to be taken seriously? Stop dressing like a little girl."Source: Mad Men | Speaker: Joan Holloway


"You're so money and you don't even know it."Source: Swingers | Speaker: Trent Walker