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John Hughes Quotes

Total quotes: 111
“Personally, I'd rather see a 46-inch bust singing ‘Burnin' Love.’”
— Roman Craig, The Great Outdoors
Tagged: Elvis Presley, Burnin' Love
“We're kicking off our fun old-fashion family Christmas by heading out into the country in the old front-wheel-drive sleigh to embrace the frosty majesty of the winter landscape and select that most important of Christmas symbols.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: Christmas Movies
“Would you stop feeling sorry for yourself? It's bad for your complexion.”
— Randy, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: Self-Pity, skincare
“Bethany: Is your house on fire, Clark?

Clark: No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: christmas lights, house fire
“The most enjoying traditions of the season are best enjoyed in the warm embrace of kith and kin. Thith tree is a thymbol of the thpirit of the Griswold family Chrithmath.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: lisp, Christmas Spirit
“Ellen: Clark, Audrey's frozen from the waist down.

Clark: That's all part of the experience, honey.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: Frigid
“Clark: Russ, go get the hammer.

Ellen: Clark, what do you need a hammer for?

Clark: I'm gonna catch it in the coat…and smack it with the hammer.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: bird, Hammer
“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, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Tagged: High-Maintenance, Anal Personality
“Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.”
— Grace, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Tagged: Popular Kids, Popularity
“I asked for a car, I got a computer. How's that for being born under a bad sign?”
— Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Tagged: computers, Cars
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
— Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Tagged: live in the moment, Enjoy Today
“He'll keep calling me, he'll keep calling me till I come over, he'll make me feel guilty.”
— Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Tagged: Guilt Trips, Canceling Plans
“ If you're not over here in fifteen minutes, you can find a new best friend.”
— Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Tagged: Best Friends, Friendships
“Clark: Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?

Eddie: Naw, I'm doing just fine, Clark.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: eggnog, middle of nowhere
“Ruby Sue: Uncle Clark, are you sure you ain't Santa Claus?

Clark: I'm sure... I can't even afford to be an elf.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: Santa Claus, poor, Elf
“Clark: Excuse me, could you please tell me how to get back on the expressway?

Pimp: Fuck yo mama!

Clark: Thank you very much.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: asking directions, freeway, fuck yo mama
“Lasky: Has your father ever killed anyone?

Rusty: Just a dog. Oh, and my Aunt Edna.

Clark: Hey you can't prove that, Russ.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: Murder, reasonable doubt
“I'm making this out for one thousand dollars. All you have to do is give me 300 dollars in cash and keep 700 dollars, all for doing nothing more than acting like a total creep.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: checks, Cash, Creep
“I don't give a frog's fat ass who went through what. We need money! Hey, Russ, wanna look through Aunt Edna's purse?”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: Theft, frog's fat ass
“I loathe the bus. There has to be a more dignified mode of transportation.”
— Samantha, Sixteen Candles
Tagged: bus, dignified, Transportation
“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
“Eddie: You surprised to see us, Clark?

Clark: Oh, Eddie... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: Surprised
“Rusty Griswold: Dad, this tree won't fit in our backyard.

Clark: It's not going in the yard, Russ. It's going in the living room.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: Christmas Tree
“Clark: Burn some dust here. Eat my rubber.

Rusty Griswold: Dad, I think you mean burn rubber and eat my dust.

Clark: Whatever, Russ. Whatever.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: eat my dust, burn some rubber
“Clark: Our holidays were always such a mess.

Clark Sr.: Oh, yeah.

Clark: How'd you get through it?

Clark Sr.: I had a lot of help from Jack Daniels.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: Holidays, Jack Daniels
“Well I'm gonna park the cars and get check the luggage, and well, I'll be outside for the season.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Tagged: Luggage
“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
“Ellen Griswold: We're not really violent people. This is our first gun.

Clark Griswold: No, it isn't.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: Guns, gun collectors
“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
“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 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
“Ferris: Look, it's real simple. Whatever mileage we put on, we'll take off.

Cameron: How?

Ferris: We'll drive home backwards.”
— Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Tagged: Cars, Mileage
“A: You can never go too far. B: If I'm gonna get busted, it is not gonna be by a guy like that.”
— Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Tagged: Troublemakers, Getting Caught
“Cameron: Ferris, my father loves this car more than life itself.

Ferris: A man with priorities so far out of whack doesn't deserve such a fine automobile.”
— Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Tagged: Expensive Cars, Priorities
“Clark: We're from out of town.

Man Giving Directions: No shit.”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: Out of town, no shit, Painfully Obvious
“Hey, hey, easy kids. Everybody in the car. Boat leaves in two minutes...or perhaps you don't want to see the second largest ball of twine on the face of the earth, which is only four short hours away?”
— Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation
Tagged: vacation, ball of twine
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