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These quotes will leave you more giddy than Belle in a library. Click on any happy 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.

"'Cause it's a Wednesday night, baby, and I'm alive."Source: Girls | Speaker: Hannah Horvath


"A little bit of Monica in my life..."Source: Mambo No 5 | Speaker: Lou Bega




"Adrian!"Source: Rocky | Speaker: Rocky Balboa

"All I do is think and blink."Source: I Dream of Jeannie | Speaker: Jeannie



"Allons-y!"Source: Doctor Who | Speaker: Tenth Doctor

"Alrighty then."Source: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Speaker: Ace Ventura


"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

"And that's the way it is."Source: CBS Evening News | Speaker: Walter Cronkite

"and then she would smile, to show me how, and it was the saddest smile I ever saw"Source: A Smile to Remember | Author: Charles Bukowski

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."Source: The Dalai Lama's visit to Capitol Hill | Speaker: Dalai Lama

"Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are."Source: The Alchemist | Author: Paulo Coelho

"Burn!"Source: That '70s Show | Speaker: Kelso

"Butts."Source: Bob's Burgers | Speaker: Tina Belcher


"Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose."Source: Friday Night Lights | Speaker: Coach Eric Taylor

"Come on down!"Source: The Price is Right | Speaker: Johnny Olson

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


"Do you believe in miracles?"Source: 1980 Winter Olympics | Speaker: Al Michaels

"Dy-no-mite!"Source: Good Times | Speaker: James "J.J." Evans Jr.

"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."Source: Poor Richard's Almanack | Author: Benjamin Franklin

"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

"Everybody in the whole cell block was dancing to the jailhouse rock!"Source: "Jailhouse Rock" | Speaker: Elvis Presley

"Fat bottomed girls, you make the rocking world go round."Source: Fat Bottomed Girls | Speaker: Queen



"Frak!"Source: Battlestar Galactica | Speaker: Various characters


"Get up offa that thing and dance 'till you feel better!"Source: Get Up Offa That Thing | Speaker: James Brown

"Get ur freak on."Source: "Get Ur Freak On" | Speaker: Missy Elliot

"Giggity giggity"Source: Family Guy | Speaker: Glen Quagmire

"Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball."Source: Good Golly Miss Molly | Speaker: Little Richard

"Greed is good."Source: Wall Street | Speaker: Gordon Gekko


"Happiness can be found in the darkest of times."Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Speaker: Albus Dumbledore

"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions."Source: Unknown | Speaker: Dalai Lama

"Have mercy."Source: Full House | Speaker: Uncle Jesse

"He ain't no drag—Papa's got a brand new bag."Source: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | Speaker: James Brown

"He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich."Source: "Down Under" | Speaker: Men at Work

"He's a sweet talkin', sugar-coated candy man."Source: "Candy Man" | Speaker: Christina Aguilera


"Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho! It's home from work we go!"Source: Heigh-Ho | Speaker: The Seven Dwarfs

"Here comes the sun. And I say, it's all right."Source: "Here Comes the Sun" | Author: George Harrison

"Here it is, your moment of Zen."Source: The Daily Show | Speaker: The Daily Show

"Here's Johnny! (Tonight Show)"Source: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Speaker: Ed McMahon

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

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


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

"Hold me closer, tiny dancer."Source: Tiny Dancer | Speaker: Elton John

"Hope is the thing with feathers—That perches in the soul"Source: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers | Author: Emily Dickinson

"How do you like them apples?"Source: Good Will Hunting | Speaker: Will Hunting

"How sweet it is!"Source: Papa's Delicate Condition | Speaker: Jack Griffith

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

"Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful."Source: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci | Author: Leonardo da Vinci

"Hurt no living thing."Source: Hurt No Living Thing | Author: Christina Rossetti


"I am Groot."Source: Guardians of the Galaxy | Speaker: Groot


"I believe it is peace for our time."Source: Speech outside 10 Downing Street | Speaker: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain



"I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself."Source: Heart of Darkness | Author: Joseph Conrad

"I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys "R" Us kid."Source: Toys "R" Us Commercial | Author: James Patterson


"I feel the need—the need for speed!"Source: Top Gun | Speaker: Peter "Maverick" Mitchell

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

"I got all the riches, baby, one man can claim"Source: My Girl | Speaker: The Temptations

"I got you, babe."Source: I Got You Babe | Speaker: Sonny Bono and Cher

"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 heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine."Source: I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Speaker: Marvin Gaye

"I hope you don't mind that I put down in words…"Source: Your Song | Speaker: Elton John

"I kissed a girl, and I liked it."Source: "I Kissed a Girl" | Speaker: Katy Perry

"I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing."Source: Moby-Dick | Author: Herman Melville

"I like big butts and I cannot lie."Source: Baby Got Back | Speaker: Sir Mix-a-Lot

"I love it when a plan comes together."Source: The A-Team | Speaker: John "Hannibal" Smith

"I love lamp."Source: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Speaker: Brick Tamland


"I said a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie, to the hip hip-hop."Source: Rapper's Delight | Speaker: The Sugarhill Gang

"I said you wanna be startin' somethin', you gotta be startin' something."Source: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" | Speaker: Michael Jackson

"I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango?"Source: "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Speaker: Queen

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

"I think to myself: what a wonderful world."Source: What a Wonderful World | Speaker: Louis Armstrong

"I want my MTV!"Source: MTV commercial | Speaker: Various



"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 an adult, and I'm responsible. Let's go get some candy."Source: Broad City | Speaker: Abbi Jacobson


"I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain."Source: Singin' in the Rain | Speaker: Don Lockwood

"I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away."Source: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | Speaker: Otis Redding

"I'm the ghost with the most, babe."Source: Beetlejuice | Speaker: Beetlejuice

"I'm the king of the world!"Source: Titanic | Speaker: Jack Dawson

"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts."Source: "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" | Speaker: Danny Kaye

"I've got the moves like Jagger."Source: "Moves Like Jagger" | Speaker: Maroon 5

"If no one fought except on his own conviction, there would be no wars."Source: War and Peace | Author: Leo Tolstoy

"If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another."Source: Mansfield Park | Author: Jane Austen

"If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best"Source: Marilyn Monroe | Speaker: Marilyn Monroe


"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute."Source: Furman v. Georgia | Author: Thurgood Marshall

"Islands in the stream, that is what we are."Source: Islands in the Stream | Speaker: Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers

"It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied."Source: Utilitarianism | Author: John Stuart Mill


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


"It's just a jump to the left... and a step to the right."Source: The Timewarp | Speaker: Narrator, The Rocky Horror Picture Show

"It's showtime, folks!"Source: All That Jazz | Speaker: Joe Gideon

"It's something about the way you look tonight."Source: "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Speaker: Elton John

"It's the end of the world as we know it"Source: "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" | Speaker: R.E.M.

"Jerome's in the house! Watch your mouth!"Source: Martin | Speaker: Jerome



"Ladies and gentlemen…The Beatles!"Source: The Ed Sullivan Show | Speaker: Ed Sullivan

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."Source: Trade Mart speech (undelivered) | Speaker: John F. Kennedy

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

"Let's get physical."Source: Physical | Speaker: Olivia Newton-John

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."Source: Forrest Gump | Speaker: Forrest Gump

"Life moves pretty fast."Source: Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Speaker: Ferris Bueller

"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."Source: The Declaration of Independence | Author: Thomas Jefferson



"Live from New York; it's Saturday Night!"Source: Saturday Night Live | Speaker: Various Saturday Night Live Cast Members

"Love fades away. But things...things are forever."Source: Parks and Recreation | Speaker: Tom Haverford

"Maybe Christmas, perhaps...means a little bit more!"Source: How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Author: Dr. Seuss

"More cowbell."Source: Saturday Night Live | Speaker: The Bruce Dickinson


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

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

"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

"Nothing's gonna change my world."Source: "Across the Universe" | Author: The Beatles

"Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most human."Source: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Speaker: James Kirk

"Oh Philadelphia freedom, shine on me, I love you."Source: "Philadelphia Freedom" | Speaker: Elton John

"Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars."Source: Now, Voyager | Speaker: Charlotte Vale


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

"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know."Source: Animal Crackers | Speaker: Captain Spaulding


"Oo-ee-oo, I look just like Buddy Holly."Source: "Buddy Holly" | Speaker: Weezer

"Pour some sugar on me."Source: Pour Some Sugar on Me | Speaker: Def Leppard

"Pretty woman, give your smile to me."Source: Oh, Pretty Woman | Speaker: Roy Orbison

"Pretty woman, walkin' down the street."Source: Oh, Pretty Woman | Speaker: Roy Orbison

"Right is right, and wrong is wrong."Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Author: Mark Twain

"Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!"Source: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo | Speaker: Fairy Godmother


"See that girl, watch that scene, digging the Dancing Queen."Source: "Dancing Queen" | Speaker: ABBA

"Shake it like a Polaroid picture!"Source: Hey Ya | Speaker: Outkast

"Shake it off."Source: Shake It Off | Speaker: Taylor Swift

"She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom!"Source: The Scarlet Letter | Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Shine bright like a diamond."Source: "Diamonds" | Speaker: Rihanna

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?"Source: Auld Lang Syne | Speaker: Robert Burns

"Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours."Source: Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours | Speaker: Stevie Wonder

"Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!"Source: Trix Commercial | Speaker: Kids

"Sing us a song, you're the piano man."Source: Piano Man | Speaker: Billy Joel

"Smile! You're on Candid Camera."Source: Candid Camera | Speaker: Allen Funt

"Sock it to me."Source: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Speaker: The Sock-It-To-Me girl

"Somebody stop me!"Source: The Mask | Speaker: The Mask


"Survey says!"Source: Family Feud | Speaker: Family Feud Hosts

"Sweet Caroline! Ba, ba, ba!"Source: "Sweet Caroline" | Speaker: Neil Diamond


"That's all."Source: The Devil Wears Prada | Speaker: Miranda Priestly

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor even touched, but just felt in the heart."Source: The Story of My Life | Author: Helen Keller

"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades"Source: The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades | Speaker: Timbuk 3

"The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace"Source: The Epistle to the Romans | Author: Paul of Tarsus


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

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."Source: I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! | Author: Dr. Seuss

"The party don't start 'til I walk in."Source: "TiK ToK" | Speaker: Ke$ha

"The richest man in town."Source: It's a Wonderful Life | Speaker: Harry Bailey

"The San Francisco Treat!"Source: Rice-A-Roni commercial | Speaker: Rice-A-Roni

"There is a place where the sidewalk ends."Source: Where the Sidewalk Ends | Author: Shel Silverstein


"There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Fernando."Source: Fernando | Speaker: ABBA

"There's no place like home."Source: The Wizard of Oz | Speaker: Dorothy


"This is Halloween!"Source: This Is Halloween | Speaker: Citizens of Halloween Town

"This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."Source: Psalm 118:24 | Author: The Psalmist



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

"To infinity and beyond!"Source: Toy Story | Speaker: Buzz Lightyear

"Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one."Source: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish | Author: Dr. Seuss

"Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is "Ich bin ein Berliner.""Source: Ich bin ein Berliner Speech | Speaker: John F. Kennedy

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

"Troy and Abed in the morning!"Source: Community | Speaker: Troy Barnes and Abed Nadir


"Under the boardwalk, down by the sea..."Source: "Under the Boardwalk" | Speaker: The Drifters

"Vould you like to have a roll in ze hay?"Source: Young Frankenstein | Speaker: Inga

"Wassup?"Source: 2000 Budweiser commercial | Speaker: Various Budweiser mascots

"We are two wild and crazy guys!"Source: Saturday Night Live | Speaker: The Festrunk Brothers


"We can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them."Source: The Mill on the Floss | Author: George Eliot

"Well, I've wrestled with reality for thirty-five years, doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it."Source: Harvey | Speaker: Elwood P. Dowd

"Well, isn't that special?"Source: Saturday Night Live | Speaker: The Church Lady

"What you see is what you get!"Source: The Flip Wilson Show | Speaker: Geraldine Jones

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."Source: When Harry Met Sally | Speaker: Harry Burns

"Where are you going in those Keds?"Source: Girls | Speaker: Charlie Dattolo and Ray Ploshansky

"Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad."Source: Let's Stay Together | Speaker: Al Green


"Yabba dabba doo!"Source: The Flintstones | Speaker: Fred Flintstone

"Yeah, that's the ticket!"Source: Saturday Night Live | Speaker: Tommy Flanagan, the Pathological Liar

"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 ain't never had a friend like me!"Source: Friend Like Me | Speaker: Genie


"You can call me green bean."Source: "Royals" | Speaker: Lorde

"You can feel it all over. You can feel it all over, people."Source: Sir Duke | Speaker: Stevie Wonder

"You go, Glen Coco!"Source: Mean Girls | Speaker: Damian

"You had me at hello."Source: Jerry Maguire | Speaker: Dorothy Boyd

"You know I read it in a magazine, oh-oh."Source: Bennie and the Jets | Speaker: Elton John

"You look mahvelous!"Source: Saturday Night Live | Speaker: Fernando Lamas

"You make me feel like I'm a living teenage dream."Source: "Teenage Dream" | Speaker: Katy Perry




"You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so...get on your way!"Source: Oh, the Places You'll Go! | Author: Dr. Seuss

"You're the sanest man that ever walked into this courtroom."Source: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Speaker: Judge May

"Your love keeps lifting me higher."Source: "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" | Speaker: Jackie Wilson