Breakfast At Tiffany’s Quotes From The Comedy Movie

 Breakfast At Tiffany’s Quotes

In the lighthearted love story Breakfast at Tiffany's, a young child manages to flee to New York in search of a better future. The majority of the inspiration for Breakfast at Tiffany's Quotes came from the book and the movie, and they compile Holly's funniest lines in one place.

You can love somebody without it being like that. You keep them a stranger—a stranger who’s a friend.

It’s better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes.

The answer is good things only happen to you if you’re good. Good? Honest is more what I mean. Be anything but a coward, a pretender, an emotional crook, a whore—I’d rather have cancer than a dishonest heart.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

If you let yourself love a wild thing, you’ll end up looking at the sky.

It is a natural thing that we should change.

We don’t belong to each other—he’s independent, and so am I.

My yardstick is how somebody treats me.

Everybody has to feel superior to somebody.

I’ll tell you one thing, Fred, darling—I’d marry you for your money in a minute. Would you marry me for my money?

Breakfast At Tiffany’s Quotes Diamonds

Tiffany's was already a well-known jewelry manufacturer at the time, but "Breakfast at Tiffany's" helped it gain widespread recognition. Read all of these quotes from Breakfast at Tiffany's for a good laugh. They might encourage you to watch the movie if you haven't already, just as they did for each other.

Wrinkles and bones, white hair and diamonds: I can’t wait.

 

New York is a diamond iceberg floating in river water.

 

I don’t think you’re any more fou than anyone else.

 

But just look at the goodies she brought with her.

 

Never love a wild thing, Mr. Bell.

 

I’ve been carrying this thing around for months. I don’t want it anymore.

 

I don’t want to own anything until I find a place where I and things go together.

 

Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.

 

If we’re going to be friends, let’s get one thing straight right now. I hate snoops!

 

He’s all right—I suppose. If you like dark, handsome, rich-looking men with passionate natures and too many teeth.

 

I told you—you can make yourself love anybody.