“Ferris Bueller's Day Off” quotes
(1986)John Hughes
directed this movie
in 1986
Title Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Year 1986
Director John Hughes
Genre Drama, Comedy
Year 1986
Director John Hughes
Genre Drama, Comedy
Plot – Ferris Bueller, student of a boring American high school, decides to skip school on a nice spring day. He makes his parents believe he is sick and tells his mates he will undergo a kidney operation. Meanwhile he leads principal Rooney to believe that his girlfriend’s grandmother is dead so he can get her out of school. So Ferris roams around in Chicago with her and Cameron Frye, his best friend, on Fyre’s father’s the red Ferrari and overcomes his young sister’s jealousy and the principal’s investigation, who is determined to expose the glaring deception of the student.
All actors – Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Cindy Pickett, Lyman Ward, Edie McClurg, Charlie Sheen, Ben Stein, Del Close, Virginia Capers, Richard Edson, Larry Flash Jenkins, Kristy Swanson, Lisa Bellard, Max Perlich, Scott Coffey, Eric Saiet, Jason Alderman, Joey Garfield, Kristin Graziano, Bridgett Baron, Annie Ryan, Eric Edidin, Brendan Baber, Tiffany Chance, Jonathan Schmock, Tom Spratley, Dave Silvestri, Debra Montague, Joey D. Vieira, Louie Anderson, Stephanie Blake, Robert McKibbon, Paul Manzanero, Miranda Whittle, Robert Kim, Dick Sollenberger, Bob Parkinson, Richard Rohrbough, Edward Le Beau, Polly Noonan, Dee Dee Rescher, Katie Barberi, Kevin Bassett, Tim Boxell, Harry Caray, John Hughes, Lockport Township High School Band, Joseph P. McDonnell, Robert Minkoff, John Richard Petersen, Steve Stone
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“The place is like a museum. It's very beautiful and very cold, and you're not allowed to touch anything.”
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
“You fake a stomach cramp, and when you're bent over, moaning and wailing, you lick your palms. It's a little childish and stupid, but then, so is high school.”
“- Economics Teacher: [takes attendance] Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
- Simone Adamley: Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.”“Between grief and nothing... I'll take grief.”
“- Sloane Peterson: What could happen to it? It's in a garage.
- Cameron Frye: It could get wrecked, stolen, scratched, breathed on wrong... a pigeon could shit on it! Who knows?”“- Cameron Frye: I don't know what I'm gonna do.
- Sloane Peterson: College.
- Cameron Frye: Yeah, but to do what?
- Sloane Peterson: What are you interested in?
- Cameron Frye: Nothing.
- Sloane Peterson: Me neither!”“I do have a test today, that wasn't bullshit. It's on European socialism. I mean, really, what's the point? I'm not European. I don't plan on being European. So who gives a crap if they're socialists? They could be fascist anarchists, it still doesn't change the fact that I don't own a car.”
“Cameron has never been in love... at least, nobody's ever been in love with him. If things don't change for him, he's gonna marry the first girl he lays, and she's gonna treat him like shit, because she will have given him what he has built up in his mind as the end-all, be-all of human existence.”
“- Ed Rooney: What's the score?
- Pizza Man: Nothin' nothin'.
- Ed Rooney: [not really listening] Who's winning?
- Pizza Man: The Bears.”“You can't respect somebody who kisses your ass. It just doesn't work.”
“- Boy in Police Station: What's your name?
- Jeanie Bueller: It's Jean, but most guys call me Shauna.
- Boy in Police Station: Okay, Jean.”“Pardon my French, but Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks you'd have a diamond.”
“- Ferris Bueller: Look, it's real simple. Whatever mileage we put on, we'll take off.
- Cameron Frye: How?
- Ferris Bueller: We'll drive home backwards.”“- Cameron Frye: Ferris, my father loves this car more than life itself.
- Ferris Bueller: A man with priorities so far out of whack doesn't deserve such a fine automobile.”“- Ferris Bueller: Hi. Do you speak English?
- Garage Attendant: Uh, what country do you think this is?”“Gummi bear? It's been in my pocket; they're real warm and soft.”
“I am not going to sit on my ass as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. I'm going to take a stand. I'm going to defend it. Right or wrong, I'm going to defend it.”
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