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The Humans (2021) Best Movie Quotes

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Starring: Richard Jenkins, Beanie Feldstein, Steven Yeun, Amy Schumer, Jayne Houdyshell, June Squibb

OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆

Story:

A24 drama written and directed by Stephen Karam based on his own play. The Humans (2021) follows the Blake family, Erik Blake (Richard Jenkins) has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside the crumbling building, family tensions reach a boiling point, and the family’s deepest fears are laid bare.

 

Our Favorite Quotes:

'Whatever gifts God's given us, in the end, no matter who you are, everything you have goes.' - Erik Blake (The Humans) Click To Tweet

 

Best Quotes


 

Erik Blake: Have you complained about the noise?
Brigid: No, dad. She’s a seventy year-old Chinese woman, and I’m not going to…
Deirdre Blake: Well, Brigid, I’m sixty-one. Older people can still process information.


 

Erik Blake: You know, if you moved to Scranton, your quality of life would shoot up.
Brigid: If I moved to Scranton, your quality of life would shoot up tremendously.
Deirdre Blake: Oh, yeah? Don’t flatter yourself.


 

Aimee: What did you get us?
Brigid: You have to open it, Aimee. That’s how presents work. It’s how it usually works.


 

Erik Blake: I hate that you moved a few blocks from where two towers got blown up, and in a major flood zone. I hate that.
Brigid: This area is safe.
Erik Blake: Chinatown flooded during the last hurricane. It flooded.
Brigid: Yeah, that’s how I can afford to live here. It’s not like you gave me any money to help me out.


 

Brigid: I’m bartending most nights. You have no clue how much student debt I’m stuck with.
Erik Blake: Well, I do know someone who refused to go to a state school.
Brigid: Not funny.
Deirdre Blake: Score one for dad.


 

Aimee: How do I get Momo down there?
Brigid: What do you mean?
Aimee: Should I just dump her down the spiral staircase?


 

Erik Blake: I’ll tell, you, Rich, save your money now. Because I thought I’d be settled by my age. But man, it never ends. Mortgage, car payments, Internet. Our dishwasher just gave out.


 

Erik Blake: Don’t you think it should cost less to be alive?
Richard: Absolutely.


 

Erik Blake: To the Blake family Thanksgiving.
Deirdre Blake: To the very special Chinatown edition of the Blake family Thanksgiving!
Aimee: Here, here.


 

Erik Blake: To knowing this is what matters, right her. Right here. Because let me tell you, coming down these streets, thinking about how far the Blakes have come, and even seeing that candle store was…
Brigid: It’s not a candle store. It’s a boutique that sells like one candle.
Erik Blake: Hey, I’m appreciating how you see rich people walking around New York. God knows where their money comes from. But end of the day, everything anyone’s got, I don’t care how many candles you have, one day it goes. Whatever gifts God’s given us, in the end, no matter who you are, everything you have goes.
Deirdre Blake: Well, that’s the positive way of looking at things.


 

Aimee: [referring to Erik’s toast speech] Yeah, wow. You should do that at a funeral.


 

Deirdre Blake: Right in Scranton, there’s a whole community of refugees from Bhutan. What? It’s not funny.
Brigid: Let me guess, Saint Deirdre is coming to their rescue?
Erik Blake: You have no idea.
Deirdre Blake: Be quiet. You have no idea, these people have nothing. They’re all just looking to learn English, to find work. We think we have nothing, but, man.


 

Deirdre Blake: [referring to her gift of Virgin Mary statue] Just keep it for my sake in the kitchen. Or even if you put it in a drawer somewhere, okay?
Brigid: Mom, I will absolutely put this in a drawer somewhere. Thank you.

 

'The horror stories for the monsters are about humans.' - Richard (The Humans) Click To Tweet

 

Richard: Have you seen the one where I think it’s called My Stepson, My Lover?
Deirdre Blake: Oh, that was a classic, Rich.
Brigid: No, mom. Please don’t be gross.


 

Deirdre Blake: [referring to Brigid] Anything I say makes her…
Erik Blake: Yeah. Who does she remind you of?
Deirdre Blake: You.
Erik Blake: Me?
Deirdre Blake: You.
Erik Blake: She’s all you, my friend.
Deirdre Blake: It’s you, my friend.


 

Erik Blake: Hey, listen, you’ll find someone new. Hey, I’m serious. You’re going to find someone.
Aimee: No. Not with history. Carol knew me with acne. She helped me with my law school application.
Erik Blake: You’re going to come out of this stronger, I promise.
Aimee: Oh, just stop, daddy. Just stop lying to me. Just Stop! Don’t actually stop. Keep saying things to me.


 

Deirdre Blake: [referring to Momo] Before we got her on these new meds, you could’ve put some of her worst outbursts in a horror flick.


 

Deirdre Blake: Seeing these ads for that zombie show on TV. I can’t believe people want to watch that kind of stuff at night. There’s always…
Brigid: Oh, she hates anything with blood or gore.
Deirdre Blake: Yeah, there’s enough going on in the real world to give me the creeps. I don’t need any more.


 

Richard: [referring to his Quasar comic book] It’s about this species of like half-alien, half-demon creatures with teeth on their backs.
Brigid: Oh, my God. Just call them monsters.
Richard: And on their planet, they like the scary stories that they tell each other are all about us. The horror stories for the monsters are about humans.


 

Richard: It’s always a man driving a stake through the heart of a vampire. Or if you’re a zombie, you eat people. But your biggest threat is what? Getting killed by some enterprising human, right?
Deirdre Blake: I get it, Rich.


 

Brigid: They’d be more scared by monster-eating monsters, or something, am I right?
Erik Blake: Monsters aren’t real, so it’s a weird thing to want to be right about.


 

Aimee: Should I ask the dinosaur upstairs to tread a little more softly?
Brigid: Not unless you speak Cantonese!


 

Brigid: [referring to Richard] But we were happy without making it so official. So, I don’t know.
Aimee: Yeah. Well, Carol and I broke up because we were unhappy. And now, maybe loving someone long-term is more about deciding whether to go through life unhappy alone, or unhappy with someone else?

 

'Right now, I'm feeling nothing about this life was worth getting so worked up about.' - Deirdre Blake (The Humans) Click To Tweet

 

Aimee: I’m okay. I’m mostly just like, how am I going to find another girlfriend?
Brigid: You’re a complete catch.
Aimee: Oh, God. I’m going to be pooing out of a hole in my abdomen. Who’s going to date me?
Aimee: Lots of people.
Brigid: Lot of ugly people.
Brigid: Aimee.
Aimee: A lot of just troll ladies, who have their own troll problems, living under bridges.


 

Brigid: [to Aimee] If you s**t out your ears, if they rerouted your colon to your ears, I’d still marry you.


 

Brigid: There are literally three thousand double-A batteries in here.
Deirdre Blake: There are literally twelve.


 

Brigid: Just relax. It was an American cockroach. They’re huge. Don’t get so upset.
Deirdre Blake: A cockroach the size of a mouse is upsetting!


 

Deirdre Blake: [referring to Momo] Hey, if you want to come home more often, and help control her tantrums, then you can judge the way we care for her.
Brigid: I’m not trying to judge you. I just want… Can’t you hire someone to help you out?
Deirdre Blake: Costs a hundred bucks a night to hire someone to watch her. A hundred bucks to make sure she doesn’t fall and get hurt.
Erik Blake: Hey. Okay.
Deirdre Blake: No. she needs to think before she opens her mouth!

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Erik Blake: One year, Aimee’s mind was in the gutter.
Aimee: I was twelve.
Brigid: Ever since, the blessing sounds kind of dirty to us.
Erik Blake: No, to you guys, it sounds dirty.
Deirdre Blake: Not to us.


 

Richard: What’s the blessing?
Aimee: “May the Virgin and her Child lift your latch on Christmas night.”
Richard: Oh. Ooh.
Deirdre Blake: Not you too, Rich.
Brigid: I know, right? They don’t get it.
Erik Blake: We get it. We just don’t agree.


 

Brigid: He gets a small trust when he turns forty. Can I tell them?
Richard: Do you want to ask if you can tell them after you tell them?


 

Erik Blake: [after Richard’s told them he had depression] It’s just, in our family, we don’t have that kind of depression.
Aimee: Yeah. No, we just have a lot of stoic sadness.


 

Aimee: No religion at the table.
Deirdre Blake: My mouth is shut. You know where I stand.
Brigid: You brought a statue of the Virgin Mary into our house. How is your mouth shut?


 

Erik Blake: You said, half your friends are in therapy. That’s what you said. I’m asking.
Brigid: Yeah, because I was trying to get you to pay for mine. I can’t afford it.
Erik Blake: Well, why don’t you save some money you spend on organic juice, and pay for it yourself.
Brigid: Don’t criticize me for caring about my mental health.


 

Brigid: Looking for work every day, it’s depressing.
Erik Blake: Well, you still got the will to eat superfoods. If you’re so miserable, why are you trying to live forever?


 

Brigid: I found out a grant I wanted isn’t going to come through, and it’s my fifth rejection this year.
Erik Blake: Well, you can always work retail.


 

Erik Blake: [to Brigid] Hey, are you so spoiled that you can’t see you’re crying over something hard work can fix? You’re lucky to have a passion to pursue. Now if you don’t care about it enough to push through these setbacks, you should quit and do something else!


 

Erik Blake: The Blakes bounce back. That’s what we do.


 

Richard: [referring to Erik’s dream] Get in it next time. The tunnel. Get in it.
Erik Blake: Oh, thanks. I’ll try that.
Richard: I’m serious. Get in it next time. Tunnels can just be stuff hidden from yourself. So passing through one could be a favorable omen.
Erik Blake: Is it a fortune telling school you’re at?


 

Erik Blake: Okay, alright. I already gave one speech. So just let me say, I am thankful for your unconditional love and support, and hope there’s nothing any of us could ever do to change that. Because this is what matters. This family.


 

Brigid: There will never be a year that I’m not thankful that the observation deck didn’t open until 9:30. And I’m thankful Momo’s with us. And, oh, a wise, old, haggard, drunk man once told me that pursuing my passion is a gift, and I’m grateful for that reminder. Even if I end up pursuing it while managing an H&M. I’m lucky.


 

Brigid: No one in this family can handle honesty.
Aimee: No, you’re right. Dinner is the perfect place to discuss what we should do with your dead body.


 

Aimee: So, in a year where I lost my job, my girlfriend, and I’m bleeding internally, really a banner year. I’m thankful for what’s right. I love that in times like this, I have a home base, a family I can always come home to. Thanks for giving us that.


 

Deirdre Blake: [reading Momo’s email to the girls before she got really sick] “It’s strange slowly becoming someone I don’t know. But while I am still here, I want to say, don’t worry about me once I drift off for good. I’m not scared. If anything, I wish I could’ve known that most of the stuff I did spend my life worrying about wasn’t so bad. Maybe it’s because this disease has me forgetting the worst stuff. But right now, I’m feeling nothing about this life was worth getting so worked up about. Not even dancing at weddings. Dancing at weddings always scared the crap out of me. But now it doesn’t seem like such a big deal. Dance more than I did. Drink less than I did. Go to church. Be good to everyone you love. I love you more than you’ll ever know.”


 

[after Erik’s confessed he cheated, lost his job, and is working at a Walmart]
Aimee: Do you have anything saved? Dad, do you have anything in savings?
Erik Blake: No, I have no savings, Aimee. No!
Aimee: Okay. Okay.
Erik Blake: We’ve been stretched.
Aimee: Well, you’re telling us this when you’re drunk. So sorry if I’m getting frustrated.


 

Erik Blake: We’re good.
Brigid: Oh, you’re good. But you’re not sleeping, and mom’s still eating her feelings!


 

Deirdre Blake: I know you think there’s something wrong with me. It’s not a news flash.
Brigid: I think there’s something wrong with everyone! Please don’t act like a martyr when I’m trying to apologize!

 


 

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