Inside Out Coming of Age Quotes

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

Quote #7

ANGER: I have access to the entire curse word library! This new console is the—

Anger's cut off by a loud beep. Fear accidentally pressed a button.

To misquote Uncle Ben, "With maturity comes great responsibility. Even over your burgeoning vocabulary."

Quote #8

DAD: Now, when you get out there, you be aggressive!

RILEY: I know, Dad.

MOM: But not too aggressive.

RILEY: You know, you guys don't have to come to every game.

DAD: Are you kidding? I'm not missing one! Go Foghorns!

MOM: Go Riley! Foghorns are the best!

Dad makes a foghorn sound.

RILEY: Okay! I gotta go.

FEAR: They love us.

ANGER: Yeah, Mom and Dad are pretty cool.

DISGUST: Guys, of course they are. But we can't show it.

Being embarrassed by literally everything your parents do in public: It's a cornerstone of coming of age. The older you get, the more you realize they're pretty cool people, even if they insisted upon painting their faces for every single one of your hockey games.

Quote #9

JOY: Let's play some hockey! All right, Anger. Take it!

ANGER: Give us that puck or you're dead meat!

FEAR: On our left. On our left!

DISGUST: Let's just try not to get all smelly this time.

SADNESS: Mom and Dad are watching us fail.

ANGER: Not for long!

Here at the end of the film, we see Riley's emotions working together once more, but this time, Joy's letting the other emotions step to the front, too. They're working behind a new, expanded control panel as they navigate Riley's experiences, and their teamwork's producing some positive results already. Anger, for example, is channeling his fiery rage into stealing the puck instead of into breaking hockey sticks over people's heads. That's emotional progress, people.