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The Best Life Quotes from 80’s Movies

Tammy Lamoureux from lamourfoto.com
I don’t know where you get your life advice from, but personally, I go straight to my prized collection of 80’s movies. From Ferris Bueller to the Rat Pack, these folks knew what life was really about.

Let’s get down to it.

On living in the present…

Ferris Beuller's Life Quote

On the importance of experience…

It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage. Indiana Jones

On the importance of faking it…

Ray. Whenever anybody asks you if you’re a god, you say YES! Winston, Ghostbusters

On the importance of money…

Money isn’t everything, Mortimer. Randolph Duke, Trading Places

On knowing what you don’t want in life…

I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that. Lloyd Dobler, Say Anything

On just going for it…

[Giving ski instructions…] Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way … turn!Charles De Mar, Better Off Dead

You’re not as weird as you think…

We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all. Andrew, The Breakfast Club

On standing for what you believe in…

I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees. Bud, Repo Man

Nothing is permanent…

That happens sometimes – friends come in and out of our lives like busboys in a restaurant. Stand by Me

On risk…

Don’t mess with the bull, young man. You’ll get the horns. Richard Vernon, Breakfast Club

You don’t always get what you deserve…

I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen. Lloyd Dobler, Say Anything

On preconceived notions…

Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads. Doc Brown, Back to the Future

Hey! That was pretty good. If we forgot a good 80’s quote, let us know in the comments.

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