25+ Best Addams Family Quotes From 'The Addams Family' And 'Addams Family Values'

Georgia Stone
Dec 12, 2023 By Georgia Stone
Originally Published on Feb 02, 2021
Morticia Addams from The Addam Family

'The Addams Family' is a fictional family made by American sketch artist Charles Addams in 1938.

'The Addams Family' was a TV program during the '60s about an odd, macabre family. There have since been various versions featuring the amazing characters and giving us many Addams family quotes.

Morticia Addams, most famously played by Anjelica Huston, is one of the main characters in 'The Addams Family'. Morticia is the wife of Gomez, notably played by Raul Julia. Gomez is energetically in love with his better half Morticia, who he warmly calls sentimental names like Querida ("sweetheart") and Cara Mia ("my cherished").

Gomez and Morticia are a romantic couple. Some sources also suggested that Morticia was a vampire. They have their two children, Wednesday and Pugsley.

From 'The Addams Family', we get the brilliant characters Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, and Pugsley. They additionally had a disembodied hand named The Thing that resembled their dog, a monster named Lurch who was the doorman, grandmama, and Uncle Fester.

Barry Sonnenfeld got an award for directing in 'The Addams Family' in 1991 and their theme song was famous all around the world. The family of Morticia and Gomez Addams, Wednesday Addams and Pugsley Addams is known and loved worldwide.

If you like our article Addams family quotes, you can also read our articles ['Hocus Pocus' quotes] and Wednesday Addams quotes.

Best Addams Family Quotes

Whatever the season, but especially in the spooky season,  it's an ideal opportunity to watch your favorite Halloween films and shows.

The popular TV series 'The Addams Family', is known for its chilling characters and interesting quotes.

There are plenty of important famous Wednesday Addams quotes for you to enjoy, along with Addams family sayings and quotes from the movie.

'The Addams Family' quotes include a Morticia Addams quote, Gomez Addams quotes, 'Addams Family Values' quotes, Addams family love quotes, Addams family movie quotes, Uncle Fester quotes, Lurch quotes, Wednesday Addams sayings, and best Addams family quotes.

If you are in search of some great 'The Addams family' quotes, we have a unique rundown of 'The Addams Family' quotes curated just for you.

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

- Raul Julia as Gomez Addams, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

2. "Dear Santa, we just wanted you to know that even though Mr. Thompson says that there was no such thing as Santa Claus, we didn't believe him. So please come or else it will make us look like dummies."

- Wednesday Addams, 'The Addams Family' (1964).

3.  "Nobody gets out of the Bermuda Triangle, not even for a vacation. Everyone knows that."

— Wednesday Addams, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

4.  “I may not have a cell phone, but you don't have a crossbow.”

— Wednesday Addams, 'The Addams Family' (2019).

5. "I hope that someday you'll know the indescribable joy of having children, and of paying someone else to raise them."

- Raul Julia as Gomez Addams, 'Addams Family Values' (1993).

6. "Pugsley, the baby weighs ten pounds, the cannonball weighs twenty pounds. Which will hit the stone.”

— Wednesday Addams, 'Addams Family Values' (1993).

7. “This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac, they look just like everyone else.”

— Wednesday Addams, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

8.  “They never tell us anything interesting, like how many heads they chopped off in the French revolution.”

— Wednesday Addams, 'The Addams Family' (1964-1966).

9. "Judge: [after a golf ball is hit through his window]  Damn you, Addams!

Gomez: Sorry about the window, Judge. Keep the ball, I have a whole bucket full.

Judge: You moron!"

- Gomez Addams and Judge, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

10. "You were so beautiful. Pale and mysterious. No one even looked at the corpse."

— Raul Julia as Gomez Addams,  'The Addams Family' (1991).

11.  “This is the worst thing that has ever happened in the history of human events. Uncle Fester’s getting married.”

— Wednesday Addams, 'Addams Family Values' (1993).

12. “Your work is puerile and under-dramatized. You lack any sense of structure, character, and the Aristotelian unities.”

— Wednesday Addams, 'Addams Family Values' (1993).

13. "Margaret: Everyone keeps asking where he bought his costume.

Gomez: It is a wonderful hat."

- Gomez Addams and Margaret, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

14. "Uncle Fester: Your first cigar!

Gomez: What? Come on, old man, I've smoked since I was 5 - Mother insisted."

- Gomez Addams and Uncle Fester, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

15. “Wednesday: Pass the salt.

Morticia: And what do we say?

Wednesday: [sternly] Now.”

— Morticia and Wednesday Addams, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

16. "'Wednesday's at that special age where she has one thing on her mind.'

'Boys?'

'Homicide.'"

— Morticia and Wednesday Addams, 'Addams Family Values' (1993).

Morticia Addams Quotes

Anjelica Huston played the role of Morticia in the 1991 movie. She's the ideal mix of excellence, beauty, and creepiness.

Morticia Addams knows the force of a mark look. She and Gomez have the sort of sentimental, love relationship we as a whole need.

Also, she's clever as all damnation. Morticia quotes played an important role in inspiring women all around the world and we have some great Morticia Addams quotes and other movie quotes. In the Barry Sonnenfeld film, we see Raul Julia as Gomez and Anjelica Huston as Morticia who were loved for their pairing as Gomez and Morticia.

Morticia and Gomez quotes make up Addams family romantic quotes and feature conversations between Morticia and Gomez. So, take a look at these Morticia Addams quotes, including 'Addams Family Values' quotes.

17. "Morticia Addams: It's hideous!

Gomez Addams: It's horrible!

Gomez and Morticia Addams: It's home!

- Gomez and Morticia, 'The Addams Family' (2019).

18. "Last night you were unhinged. You were like some desperate, howling demon. You frightened me. Do it again!"

- Morticia Addams, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

19. "Morticia: Look at Mr. Addams. He's always developing outside interests.

Gomez: Right now I have the most enviable collection of coroner's reports in the neighborhood."

- Gomez and Morticia, 'The Addams Family' (1964).

20. "Don't torture yourself, Gomez - that's my job."

- Morticia, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

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

- Morticia Addams, 'Addams Family Values' (1993).

22. "Gomez: To live without you, only that would be torture.

Morticia: A day alone, only that would be death."

- Gomez and Morticia, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

23. "I'm just like any modern woman trying to have it all. Loving husband, a family. It's just, I wish I had more time to seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade."

-Morticia Addams, 'Addams Family Values' (1993).

24. “And our credo: 'Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.' We gladly feast on those who would subdue us. Not just pretty words.”

– This was the Addams family motto as said by Morticia Addams, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

25. "And that all you need in this life of sin is your significant other... and some spooky pumpkins."

― Morticia Addams, 'Addams Family Values' (1993).

26. “Normal is an illusion. What's normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”

― Morticia Addams, 'The Addams Family' (1991).

27. “Wednesday’s great-aunt Calpurnia. She was burned as a witch in 1706. They said she danced naked in the town square and enslaved the minister … But don’t worry. We’ve told Wednesday: college first.”

― Morticia Addams.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for Addams family quotes then why not take a look at Morticia Addams Quotes, or ['90s Quotes].

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Written by Georgia Stone

Bachelor of Arts specializing in French with Film Studies, Bachelor of Arts (Year Abroad) specializing in Literature, History, Language, Media, and Art

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Georgia StoneBachelor of Arts specializing in French with Film Studies, Bachelor of Arts (Year Abroad) specializing in Literature, History, Language, Media, and Art

Georgia is an experienced Content Manager with a degree in French and Film Studies from King's College London and Bachelors degree from Université Paris-Sorbonne. Her passion for exploring the world and experiencing different cultures was sparked during her childhood in Switzerland and her year abroad in Paris. In her spare time, Georgia enjoys using London's excellent travel connections to explore further afield.

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