Inside Out Coming of Age Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotes are from Inside Out.

Quote #4

DISGUST: Emotions can't quit, genius!

Leave it to Disgust to distill one of the movie's main ideas—if not the main idea—down to one exasperated, sarcastic sentence. Emotions can't stop, won't stop. As adults, young or old, it's up to us to keep them in check and use them to our advantage—like blasting a hockey puck past a goalie's mask, for example, or crushing some used Buicks beneath a monster truck instead of yelling at our friends.

Quote #5

DISGUST: A ticket costs money. How do we get money?

ANGER: Mom's purse.

DISGUST: You wouldn't.

ANGER: Oh, but I would. Where was it we saw it last? […] It's downstairs somewhere. Mom and Dad got us into this mess. They can pay to get us out.

This is Riley being super-immature, really ready to grow, and rationalizing some seriously whack behavior. Anger's got the upper hand against Riley's better judgment.

Quote #6

DISGUST: Guys, what's poo-ber-ty?

JOY: I don't know. It's probably not important.

Managing your emotions is a big part of growing up, but it's not the only part. That's why it's a good idea to try to harness your emotions before your body goes haywire for, like, four straight years.