The 62 best Breaking Bad phrases
Breaking Bad is one of the best television series of the century, and its success has earned it fans around the world. This audiovisual fiction has created a universe capable of capturing the audience from its first chapter.
That is why it is not strange the way in which many phrases from Breaking Bad have gone down in history. After all, it deals with universal issues beyond drugs and the world of drug trafficking.
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The most memorable Breanking Bad phrases
In this selection of Breaking Bad phrases you will find interesting reflections on the varied topics this series covers.
1. What's the fun of being an outlaw if you have responsibilities?
From a selfish perspective, running from justice can also be seen as an opportunity to break away from any responsibility.
2. This family is everything to me. Without it I have nothing to lose.
Family is something that unites us more to the world and its problems.
3. I am not in danger, Skyler, I am the danger. If you knock on a man's door and shoot him, do you think that will be me? Not! I am the one he calls.
One of the scenes in which it is most clearly appreciated the radical change of Walter White.
4. I saw Jane die. I was there. And I watched her die of an overdose, she drowned and died. I could have saved her. But I did not.
In another of the more dramatic scenes, Walter White uses a revelation to show his power and self-confidence.
5. Every few months I come here for a routine checkup knowing that in one of those, to hell! Maybe even today I will hear one of that bad news, but until then… Who is in charge? Me! This is how I live my life.
About the notion of being in control of your own life.
6. Never make the same mistake twice.
A recommendation to try to make mistakes work for something.
7. If you think there is hell, we almost certainly go there. But I'm not going to lie down until I get there.
A line of dialogue that shows the philosophy of busy life that is breathed in this fiction.
8. To cook you only need to know the recipe, and I know it to the letter.
About the process of making the drug.
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9. You are the smartest man I know and you are too stupid to see that he already made the decision for him 10 minutes ago.
Hank makes it clear that wishes sometimes change the way Walter thinks about his despair.
10. Men are there to provide for their families at any cost.
A sample of the way of thinking traditional families.
11. Don Eladio is dead, his bosses are dead, they have no one else to fight for, fill your pockets and leave in peace or come fight and die!
One of the Breaking Bad phrases in which the violent character of the mafias is expressed.
12. I've spent my whole life scared, scared of things that might happen. But everything changed since they told me I had cancer. I get up to kick fear in the teeth.
At times when you think you have hit rock bottom, there may be those who feel that he has nothing to lose.
13. You know the business and I know the chemistry.
One of the Breaking Bad phrases with which the plot of much of the series is captured.
14. If that's true, if you don't know who I am, then perhaps your best option would be to be careful.
Heisenberg is known for his lapidary phrases, and this is a good example of it.
15. Shut up and let me die in peace.
One of the most intimidating characters in the series utters these words, with which he shows dignity in his last moments.
16. Get out of my territory.
Another line in this series that has become one of the most remembered Breaking Bad memes.
17. I did it for myself. I liked. I was good at it. And I was really… I was alive.
One of the things that the plot of this work of fiction shows is that the world of drug trafficking was, outside the family sphere, the only one in which Walter came to feel recognized.
18. You two are lousy at distributing methamphetamine. Point.
An accusation with a hint of humor.
19. There is gold in the streets waiting for someone to come and pick it up.
The city can be seen as a resource to be exploited.
20. I'm in the empire business.
The drug forms a network of power that travels all over the world.
21. Smoking marijuana, eating cheetos, and masturbating are not plans in my book.
A scathing comment on the concept of a wasted life.
22. I guess I won't be here for a long time.
About the transience of Walter's new life.
23. You cannot show up here unexpectedly, your face is stuck in 8 states.
Another line in which the paranoid and suffocating environment in which a fugitive lives is shown.
24. Never lie to a liar.
A self-explanatory aphorism.
25. If you try to interfere, this becomes a much simpler matter. I'm going to kill his wife. I'm going to kill his son. I'm going to kill his newborn daughter.
The repercussions of the business Walter has gotten into affect the depths of family peace.
26. It's over. I won.
Life seen as a clash of powers game.
27. Someone has to protect this family from the man who protects this family.
Those who apparently protect can also oppress.
28. You are a time bomb and I have no intention of being around when you explode.
Another feature of the series is the way it shows the escalation of violence from threats that are accumulating.
29. Everybody sounds like Meryl Streep with a gun to her head.
A metaphor based on pop culture.
30. Since when do vegans eat fried chicken?
The fried chicken business is protected by a low profile through which an attempt is made not to arouse suspicion.
31. Just because you shot Jesse James, it doesn't make you Jesse James.
In the hierarchies of power, violence is not the key to access everything.
32. You know that you have confidence with a friend when he shits it and you do not hide your desire to kill him.
A curious paradox.
33. He is a great father, a great teacher. He knows everything there is to know about chemistry. He is patient with us, he is always at your disposal.
Praise to someone who is considered a person to whom much is owed.
34. How about you take those chemicals and make some rocket fuel, so you can send a light signal.
A joke related to professions related to chemistry.
35. You can't trust a junkie.
A phrase that criminalizes the addict and at the same time tries to wear down his credibility.
36. I have realized that fear is the worst of all. That is the real enemy.
Fear can imprison us.
37. I love my children. I want my life back. Please tell me... how much is enough?
Life "normal" can be boring for some unforeseen people, but when trouble comes, it is common to long for the familiar.
38. If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman it was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.
Believing in yourself is the key for others to believe in you.
39. Do you know how much I make in a year? I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. You know what? What if you suddenly decided to stop going to work?
A show of power.
40. A man offers. And it does, even when it is not appreciated or respected or even loved. He just does, since he is a man.
Again appealing to the traditional role of the father of the family.
41. You are a piece of crazy, degenerate and dirty that he deserves to die.
A phrase pronounced in one of the moments of maximum tension of the series.
42. I didn't say that he actually painted vaginas, I said that some of his paintings looked like vaginas.
A little humor.
43. So right now, what I need from you is to leave me alone. Can you do that for me, baby? Please just once, can you leave me alone? You know, I would appreciate it. I really would.
Sometimes, the family is shown from Walter's perspective as a hindrance when developing his criminal activities.
44. Darth Vader had responsibilities. He was responsible for the death of the star.
One of the most famous series referring to one of the most famous movies.
45. This girl was scared. She wasn't going to accuse him in any way, in any way. There was nothing we could do, just have it checked by the EMTs.
An appreciation that suggests guilt.
46. I know I shouldn't call you, but I'm in trouble here and I need my money.
Desperate situations lead to risk exposure.
47. You are not a discreet person.
Another reference to the need to maintain a discreet profile to carry out one of the jobs that confer more power.
48. If you're watching this tape, I'm probably dead. Killed by my brother-in-law, Hank Schrader.
Part of the plan to impeach Hank.
49. Was that your Heisenberg?
Around this avatar used by Walter there is a whole mythology.
50. Last chance to look at me, Hector.
Another of the most remembered Breaking Bad phrases for the scene in which he appears.
51. We make poison for people who don't care. We probably have the most unpleasant customers in the world.
Satirizing about substance users.
52. When you have children, you always have a family. They will always be your priority, your responsibility.
Once again, placing the family at the center of life.
53. That it's not me, man! I... I was the guy who was selling the methamphetamine, supposedly.
One of the lines of dialogue related to the paranoid environment of the world of drug trafficking.
54. I do not get it. What is the hit? Why don't you do it at home, like the rest of us, with a big flat screen TV, 50 pay-per-view channels.
55. Let's say I know a guy... who knows another guy... who knows another guy.
The drug has long chains of transmission.
56. We are done when I say we are done.
Another allusion to the hierarchy by which the world of crime is governed.
57. A drug dealer gets shot? I'm going to get out of here and say that's what happened.
Whoever is involved in drug trafficking is not as well protected by the law.
58. We had Fring, we had a laboratory that had everything we needed and everything worked like clockwork. If you had shut your mouth and cooked, we would have made as much money as you ever needed.
Reproaches for not submitting to a higher hierarchy.
59. The soul? There is nothing here, just chemistry.
A reflection by which dualism is rejected.
- You may be interested: "Dualism in Psychology"
60. Look, Skyler, I just haven't been quite myself lately, but I love you. None of that has changed, and it will never change.
An attempt at reconciliation.
61. If you know. I am the cook. I'm the man who killed Gus Fring.
Once, fueling the Heisenberg legend.
62. People don't change, they just show different facets of themselves depending on the situation.
An essentialist view of people.
