Better Off Dead (film)

"Gee, I'm really sorry your mom blew up, Ricky. Doctor says she'll be okay, but she won't be able to eat any spicy foods for awhile."

"She only speaks French, Roy. She doesn't speak imbecile."

"I gotta go, the Christmas tree is on fire. [hangs up the phone.]"

"Two brothers... One speaks no English, the other learned English from watching The Wide World of Sports. So you tell me... Which is better, speaking no English at all, or speaking Howard Cosell?"

"I've been going to this high school for seven and a half years. I'm no dummy. I know high school girls."

"Greendale is a bodaciously small town, Lane. A fly speck on the map - a rest stop on the way to the ski slope. I can't even get real drugs here!"

"Suicide is never the answer, little trooper."

"The K-12 dude. You make a gnarly run like that and girls will get sterile just looking at you."

"This is pure snow. It's everywhere! Have you any idea what the street value of this mountain is?"

"[giving skiing instructions] Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

"I think all you need is a small taste of success, and you will find it suits you."

"Jenny Myer: [ladling an unidentifiable gelatinous substance onto dinner plates] I got the recipe from a magazine. The mail got wet in the rain, so some of the pages ran together, but what I couldn't read I just... improvised with my own little... creative ideas. It's got raisins in it. You like raisins."

"Barney Rubble: [on TV] Hey there, Lane. I know this is a little awkward, me being a cartoon and all, I was just wondering how you'd feel if I took out Beth? [laughs]"

"Tree Trimmer: [After Lane falls into a dump truck when trying to commit suicide off of a bridge] Man, that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."

"You've blown up your neighbor's mom. Your seven-year-old brother has better luck with women than you do. Your girlfriend has a new boyfriend. Relax, your never "better off dead"."

"Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops"

"Teenage life has never been darker...or funnier..."

"I want my two dollars!"

"John Cusack - Lane Myer"

"Curtis Armstrong - Charles de Mar"

"David Ogden Stiers - Al Meyer"

"Kim Darby - Jenny Meyer"

"Demian Slade - Johnny Gasparini"

"Scooter Stevens - Badger Meyer"

"Diane Franklin - Monique Junot"

"Laura Waterbury - Mrs. Smith"

"Daniel Schneider - Ricky Smith"

"Rich Little - Yee Sook Ree, Barney Rubble, Principal on Loudspeaker"