Here are some of the most impactful lines from the movie.
Inspirational and Motivational Quotes
“We live in the prettiest place on earth.”
“But we ain’t goin’ nowhere.”
“The Bathtub’s got more holidays than the whole rest of the world.”
“They only got holidays once a year.”
“But me and my Daddy, we stay right here. We who the earth is for.”
“Don’t be scared, no storm can’t beat no Doucet.”
“I’m your Daddy, and you do what I tell you to do, because it’s my job to keep you from dying, ok?”
Quotes About Life and Survival
“All the time, everywhere, everything’s organs be beatin’ and squirtin’ and talkin’ to each other in ways I can’t understand.”
“Mosta the time they probably just sayin’ ‘I’m hungry,’ or ‘I gotta poop,’ but sometimes they talkin’ in codes.”
“One day, the storm’s gonna blow, the ground’s gonna sink, and the water’s gonna rise up so high, there ain’t gonna be no Bathtub, just a whole bunch of water.”
“Y’all better learn to survive.”
“If Daddy don’t get home soon, it’s gonna be time for me to start eating my pets.”
“Everything is part of the buffet of the universe.”
“The whole universe depends on everything fitting together just right. If one piece busts, even the smallest piece, the entire universe will get busted.”
Quotes About Family
“Daddy says, up above the levee, on the dry side, they got none of what we got.”
“Daddy says, the first time she looked at me, it made her heart beat so big, that she thought it would blow up. That’s why she swam away.”
“If Daddy kill me, I ain’t gonna be forgotten, I’m recording my story for the scientists of the future.”
“In a million years, when kids go to school, they gonna know that once there was Hushpuppy and she lived with her Daddy in the Bathtub.”
“I hope you do die! And after you die, I come to your grave and eat birthday cake all by myself!”
“Don’t you run away from me.”
“I WANNA COME IN YOUR HOUSE!”
Quotes About Community
“The Bathtub is a place of true and honest unity.”
“We who the earth is for.”
Funny and Quirky Quotes
“Ain’t that ugly over there?”
“Feed up time! Feed up!”
“I’m tearing off just like my Momma.”