Lloyd Dobler: 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,...
Lloyd Dobler: She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen.
Diane Court: Nobody thinks it will work, do they? Lloyd Dobler: No. You just described every great success story.
Lloyd Dobler: I got a question. If you guys know so much about women, how come you're here at like the Gas 'n' Sip on a Saturday night completely alone drinking beers with no women anywhere? Joe: By choice, man.
[on choosing a career] Lloyd Dobler: How many of them really know what they want, though? I mean, a lot of them think they have to know, right? But inside they don't really know, so... I don't know ,but I know that I don't know.
Lloyd Dobler: Kickboxing. Sport of the future.
Lloyd Dobler: One question: are you here 'cause you need someone, or 'cause you need me?... Forget it, I don't care.
D.C.: Lloyd, why do you have to be like this? Lloyd Dobler: 'Cause I'm a guy. I have pride. Corey Flood: You're not a guy. Lloyd Dobler: I am. Corey Flood: No. The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy.
Jim Court: You're not a permanent part of her life. You're a distraction. Lloyd Dobler: I'm the distraction that's going with her to England, sir.
Diane Court: I love you. Lloyd Dobler: What? Diane Court: I love you. How many more times do I have to say it? Lloyd Dobler: One more would be nice. Diane Court: I love you... please. I love you.
Lloyd Dobler: [leaving the last of a series of messages on Diane's answering machine] "Maybe I didn't really know you. Maybe you were just a mirage. Maybe the world is full of food and sex and spectacle and we're all just hurling towards an apocalyps...
Diane Court: Are you shaking? Lloyd Dobler: No. Diane Court: You're shaking. Lloyd Dobler: I don't think so. Diane Court: You're cold. Lloyd Dobler: I don't think I am. Diane Court: Then why are you shaking? Lloyd Dobler: I don't know. I think I'm ha...
Lloyd Dobler: You must chill. You must chill.
Constance: Why do you eat that stuff? There's no food in your food.
Diane Court: I just can't have any social life right now. Lloyd Dobler: Don't worry about it. We're just having coffee. We'll be anti-social. Diane Court: Be friends? Lloyd Dobler: Yeah. With potential.
Lloyd Dobler: I am looking for a dare to be great situation.
Mike Cameron: I don't know you very well, you know, but I wanted to ask you - how'd you get Diane Court to go out with you? Lloyd Dobler: I called her up. Mike Cameron: But how come it worked? I mean, like, what are you? Lloyd Dobler: I'm Lloyd Doble...
D.C.: Why don't you just call her again? Lloyd Dobler: I draw the line at 7 unreturned phone calls.
