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Here are some exellent quotes from both "The Addams Family" and "Addams Family Values." There are a lot, but do take your time, they're all very good.

From The Addams Family Movie

 

"Gomez, last night, you were, unhinged. You were like some desperate, howling daemon. You frightened me. Do it again."

-Morticia

 

"Dont torture yourself, Gomez. That's my job."

-Morticia

 

"But I didnt hate my mother! It was an accident!"

-Gomez

 

"Our Credo: 'Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc.' We gladly feast on those who would subdue us: not just pretty words."

-Morticia

 

Gomez: "Unhappy, darling?"
Morticia:  "Oh, yes. Yes, completely."

 

"Look at her. I would die for her. I would kill for her. Either way, what bliss."

-Gomez

 

"I've smoked since I was five. Mother insisted."

-Gomez

 

"What a lovely woman. So chilly."

-Gomez

 

Gomez: "To live without you, only that would be torture."
Morticia: "A day alone, only that would be death."

 

"Uncle Knicknack's winter wardrobe. Uncle Knicknack's summer wardrobe. Uncle Knicknack."

-Morticia

 

Morticia: "Imagine if Fester did come back - half alive, barely human, a rotting shell."
Gomez: "Don't tease."

 

"Thing, you're a handful."

-Morticia

 

"It's for charity. Widows and orphens. We need more of them."

-Morticia

 

"Which is the real you? The loathsome underhanded monster you've become, or the loathsome underhanded monster we came to love."

-Morticia

 

"Welcome, honored guests. Entrails?"

-Morticia

 

[Wednesday is hooking up an electric chair.] Wednesday: "Pugsley, sit in the chair."

Pugsley: "Why?"

Wednesday: "Because we're going to play a game."

Pugsley: "What game?"

Wednesday: [strapping him in] It's called, "Is There a God?"

 

 

"That's the spirit, Thing! Lend a hand!"

-Gomez

 

[Watching Pugsley sleep]"He looks so sweet. Just like a little entree."

-Morticia

 

Wednesday: "Please pass the salt."

Morticia: "And what do we say?"

Wednesday : "NOW."

 

Morticia: "Children, what are you doing?"

Wednesday: "I'm going to electrocute him."

Morticia: "But we're late for the charity auction."

Wednesday: 'But, Mother..."

Morticia: "I said no."

 Pugsley: "Pleeaaaase?"

Morticia: "Oh, all right."

 

"Wednesday, play with your food!"

-Morticia

 

Gomez: "How long has it been since we waltzed?"

Morticia: "Oh, Gomez... hours."

 

"Eyes, fingers, toes: two, ten, eleven."

-Gomez

 

"They say that a man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client. And with God as my witness, I am that fool!"

-Gomez

 

"We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you."

-Gomez 

 

Girl: "Is this made from real lemons?"
Wednesday: "Yes."
Girl: "I only like all natural fruits and beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure they're real lemons?"
Wednesday: "Yes."
Girl: "Well, I'll tell you what, I'll buy a cup, if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies. Do we have a deal?"
Wednesday: "Are they made from real Girl Scouts?"

 

Pugsley: "Are they dead?"
Wednesday: "Does it matter?"

 

"Hansel pushed the poor defenseless witch into the oven, where she was burned alive, writhing in agony. Now, boys and girls, what do you think that feels like?"

-Morticia

 

Margaret: "What are you, darling? Where's your costume?"
Wednesday: "This is my costume. I'm a homocidal maniac; they look just like everyone else."

 

Morticia: "It's Gomez, I'm terribly worried about him.  He won't eat, can't sleep, he keeps coughing up blood..."

Margaret: "He coughs up blood?"

Morticia: "Not like he used to."

 

"Ah, there's Tully.  Romping with Gate."

-Morticia

 

Dr. Pinder-Schloss: "The human spirit is a hard thing to kill!"

Grandmama: "Even with a chainsaw."

 

Gomez: "Screams in the night can only mean one thing--"

Morticia: "He's home."

 

 

From Addams Family Values

 

Wednesday: "Father, what is it?"

Gomez: "It's an Addams!"

 

[They're going swimming.] Amanda: "I'll be the victim."

Wednesday: "All your life."

 

Pugsley: "We don't hug."

Gary: "Oh, you're just shy."

Wednesday: "We're not shy, we're contagious."

 

Amanda : "Why are you dressed like somebody died?"

Wednesday: "Wait."

 

Gomez: "Children, why do you hate the baby?"

Pugsley: "We don't hate him. We just wanna play with him."

Wednesday: "Especially his head."

 

"Don't I yearn? And ache? And shop? Don't I deserve love? And jewelry?"

-Debbie

 

[The dancer in the cake doesn't pop out.] Gomez: "Was she in the cake before you baked it?" [Lurch hangs his head.]

 

Wednesday: "I'm not perky"

Amanda: "Well, that's for damn sure."

 

Gomez: "He has my father's eyes."

Morticia: "Gomez, take those out of his mouth."

 

Gomez: "You need someone, someone very special. Someone who won't press charges."

Fester: "Oh, I'd like that!"

 

Girl: "And then Mommy kissed Daddy, and the angel told the stork, and the stork flew down from heaven, and left the diamond under a leaf, in the cabbage patch, and the diamond turned into a baby!"

Pugsley: "Our parents are having a baby too."

Wednesday: "They had sex."

 

Debbie: "These Addams men, where do you find them?"

Morticia: "It has to be damp."

 

Debbie: "Fester, I have a confession to make--I'm a virgin."

Fester: "You are?"

Debbie:"Yes."

Fester: "What's that?"

 

Joel: "Il'l never forget you."

Wednesday: "You wont?"

Joel: "You're too weird."

 

"Gomez, marvelous news.  Im going to have a baby.  Right now."

-Morticia

 

Doctor: "Mrs. Addams, do you want anesthesia?"

Morticia: "No, but do ask the children."

 

Morticia: "Oh, Gomez, its dark, its depressing, its destined."

Gomez: "It says, toddler!"

Morticia: "Its a dream."

 

Gomez: "What a glorious evening."

Morticia: "Rain."

 

1st Nanny: "Children, as your new nanny, I know that were all concerned about the environment.  So, this morning, lets discuss how to prevent forest fires."

Wednesday: "Prevent them?" [takes out a match and lights it]

 

2nd Nanny: "All right, children.  I've had it up to here.  Now, you just answer one simple question: where is that baby?"

Wednesday: "Which part?"

 

Debbie: "Hi, I'm Debby Jelinsky, from the agency."

Morticia: "The agency?  They claimed no one else was available.  They suggested a Doberman."

 

Debbie: "Isn't he a lady killer!"

Gomez: "I quitted!"

 

Debbie: "I'll show you all my references, so you know Im not a homicidal maniac."

Morticia: "Of course you're not!"

Gomez: "You're too young!"

 

[Looking at Pubert] Debbie: "Is that the little critter?"

Morticia: "Oh, no, this is our baby!"

 

Morticia: "Children, this is our new nanny.  What do we say?"

Wednesday: "Be afraid.  Be very afraid."

 

"Scream if you need anything."

-Morticia

 

Morticia: "Oh, Wednesdays at that very special age when a girl has only one thing on her mind."

Mrs. Buckman: "Boys?"

Wednesday: "Homicide."

 

Morticia: "'Camp Chippewa.'  How charming."

Pugsley: "What's a Chippewa?"

Gomez: "Its an old Indian word."

Wednesday: "It means orphan."

 

"Wednesday, look at all the other children.  Their freckles, their bright little eyes, their eager, friendly smiles.  Help them."

-Morticia

 

"She makes me think of vinyl chemicals."

-Fester

 

Fester: "I dreamed that sometime there might be someone for me."

Gomez: "Theres Thing."

Fester: "I know, I know--but I want more--legs, elbows, a head..."

Gomez: "Two legs?"

 

Morticia: "You have gone too far.  You have married Fester.  You have destroyed his spirit.  You have taken him from us.  All that I can forgive.  But Debbie--"

Debbie: "What?"

Morticia: "Pastels?"