Here are Hopper’s quotes from A Bug’s Life.
Life – Hopper Quotes
- “It’s a bug-eat-bug world out there, Princess. One of those circle-of-life kind of things. Now, let me tell you how things are supposed to work. The sun grows the food. The ants pick the food. The grasshoppers eat the food–“
- “First rule of leadership: everything is your fault.”
- “It’s not about food. It’s about keeping those ants in line.”
- “Ideas are very dangerous things.”
- “You are mindless, soil-shoving losers, put on this earth to serve us!”
Motivational – Hopper Quotes
- “We’ll be back at the end of the season…When the last…leaf…falls.”
- “Let this be a lesson to all you ants.”
- “Not one ant sleeps until we get every scrap of food on this island!”
- “You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up.”
- “Does anybody else want to stay?”
- “Let’s ride!”
- “Guys… Order another round, because we’re stayin’ here!”
Funny – Hopper Quotes
- “So Where Is It? Where’s My Phone.”
- “Excuse me?”
- “Are you sure it’s not up there?”
- “Are you saying I’m stupid?”
- “Do I look…stupid…to you? Let’s just think about the logic, shall we? Let’s just think about it for a second. If it was up there, would I be coming down here, to your level, looking for it?!”
- “Why am I even talking to you? You’re not the queen. You don’t smell like the queen.”
- “Oh, I see. Under new management. So it’s your fault.”
- “Uh-uh-uh. First rule of leadership: everything is your fault.”
- “Molt.”
- “I swear, if I hadn’t promised Mother on her deathbed that I wouldn’t kill you, I would kill you.”
- “Shut up! I don’t want to hear another word out of you while we’re on this island. Do you understand me?”
- “I said, do you understand me?!”
- “Hey, I’m a compassionate insect. There’s still a few months ’til the rains come, so you can all just try again.”
- “Listen, if you don’t keep your end of the bargain, then I can’t guarantee your safety. And there are insects out there that will take advantage of you. Someone could get hurt.”
- “What’s the matter? You scared of grasshoppers?”
- “You don’t like Thumper?”
- “You want her? Go ahead. Take her.”
- “No? Then get back in line.”
- “It seems to me that you ants are forgetting your place. So let’s double the order of food.”
- “No! But, but, but–“
- “You ants have a nice summer. Let’s ride!”
- “Go away.”
- “Good!”
- “What?!”
- “What was I thinking? Going back to Ant Island. I mean, we just got here, and we have more than enough food to get us through the winter, right? Why go back?”
- “(laughs) Yeah, you’re right! It’s just one ant!”
- “Hmm. Puny. Say, let’s pretend this grain is a puny little ant.”
- “Did that hurt?”
- “Well, how ’bout this one?”
- “Well, how ’bout this?”
- “You little termites! I give you a second chance, and this is all I get?”
- “Well, guess what? You just lost.”
- “No, no, no. You’re staying with me, Your Highness.”
- “I hate it when someone gives away the ending.”
- “You piece of dirt! No, I’m wrong. You’re lower than dirt. You’re an ant!”
- “Where are you going? They’re just ants!”