50+ ‘Friends’ Show Best Quotes For Every Day Life Situation

First, we have an entry from none other than the control freak, Monica, from the episode, The Pilot. No one can forget when the show made its starring entry on NBC.

The installment has other names like The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate and makes the entry of Rachel, Monica's High School best friend.  

While still dressed in her wedding gown, she arrives at Central Perk, the New York coffee house, searching for her friend. Monica has no trouble opening up her arms to her distraught buddy but makes sure to give her a reality check with her blunt dialogue.

We have another splendid addition from The Pilot, but this time the speaker is the long hair ditzy cast member, Phoebe. 

Ross, Monica's brother, wants help assembling new furniture while lamenting in the hopes of finding his soulmate. He asked his friends, Joey and Chandler, to help him with the task, and they did so by cheering him up. Phoebe is also at the scene as Joey asks her if she would come and give them a hand. 

In return, she is a snarky reply of her not wanting to lift a finger. She is known to live an easygoing life with little stress or headaches to consume her time.

In the episode, The One With the Male Nanny, in season nine, Monica drops a truth bomb about cleaning. The new generation often uses it when their parents inspect their house.

On the other hand, Monica meets the funniest man in her work, Jeffery. Chandler is immediately jealous because of getting the title stolen from him, telling consecutive jokes, and acting weird to try and prove her wrong.

Their misunderstanding gets resolved by Joey as poor Chandler gets woken up in Tulsa by an over-excited cleaner at Java.

His wife has had a thing for keeping things pristine and dust-free, as she loved her job at Java. Her specifications for cleaning exceed normal limits as there is a difference between clean and Monica clean.

We can't possibly forget the sarcasm king when talking about iconic lines, as The One Where Joey Moves Out has a few gems to pick.

Chandler has been friends with Joey since they met and became roommates, as platonic relationships have developed into a deeper bond. But Joey is far from an ideal roommate, with his extreme love for food and rough Italian genes.

Unlike Monica, Joey does not mind letting a few dishes catch flies on the sink as he often licks a spoon and puts it back in the drawer after use. Chandler is not accepting of this habit with some disturbing information about a toothbrush. 

The actions cause worms to swarm into their furniture, and he still shudders when he recalls the memory. 

After everything they had been through, Ross messed things up when he spent the night with another lady when things got rough with Rachal. 

He did not think he did anything wrong as they had technically gone their separate ways, which meant they could seek comfort in the arms of others. But Rachel did not comply with this definition as she meant emotional separations while staying loyal to their bodies. 

Indeed, she was heartbroken by his betrayal, as the infidelity closed any doors of reconciliation. The iconic line from The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break is where he gets adamant about staying true to what they agreed, as he did nothing wrong.

The first episode of Friend's second season, The One With Ross’ New Girlfriend, comes with a twist where Rachel heads to the airport to tell Ross as he returns from China that she would like to give their relationship a chance.

But lo and behold, he has a new lady on his arm, a paleontologist and graduate school classmate Julie. But Rachel is not ready to give up as she tells him about her plans of not getting back together with her ex but holds back when she realizes he has become genuinely happy with his new girl. 

She is grief-stricken by the news and turns to Joey to confide her feelings.

In season four, the episode The One With the Ballroom Dancing follows Chandler as he makes a gym membership even though he does not wish to work. He is about to cancel the useless bill when a dreamy spandex girl changes his mind.

But before he crossed paths with his reason to stay, the gym desperately tried keeping him as their client as he fired back with sarcasm about his self-esteem. He left the floor with his membership intact as Ross accompanied him to go through with his decisions. 

A beautiful lady arrives at the scene, and they both leave with a useless bill in their hand. The gags continue through the runtime, with them resolving the dilemma by opening a new joint account instead.

Imagine running into your partner’s ex when you are about to propose to her. Such scenarios can only work with our Sarcasm King, Mr. Bing, as he crossed paths with Richard with his hot mustache when he was about to get down on one knee.  

The double-length episode, The One With the Proposal, was the finale to the sixth season, and he finally gets ready to pop the question after weeks of preparation.

He has everything ready at the restaurant when Monica's ex-boyfriend disrupts the scene. A dejected Chandler does not get to ask her hand for marriage and says he does not want to get married to detour the questions when the other four arrive at the scenes. 

After a few trips to and from Richards's house, Monica gets seen kneeling to propose in their living room with candles lit all over.

This time, we turn to the most beloved character after the first six, Pheobe's boyfriend, Mike. 

Initially, he was supposed to be a guest character, but the audience and the cast adored him so much that the writers had to make him a season regular.

But most of all, the fan love him for embracing the peculiar quirks of his wife, supporting her when she changed her name to Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock. Although he was not too happy with the news, he protested by changing his name to Crap Bag.

But his true intent cannot stay hidden for him as an observant Mike delivers the effortless line.

Chandler Bing is a recurring name on the list as he is not too good at counseling people.

But none can battle him when it comes to making people laugh, as The One With the Tea Leaves has one of his best friends in desperate need of someone to talk to.

After her date with Joey, Rachal is contemplating life as she is unsure if she wants to start dating one of her closest humans. She does so by ignoring the date that ever happened but makes things awkward.

She goes to Chandler for advice, but he is not known for being a shoulder to cry on. Instead, he offers her a healthy dose of sarcasm to make her laugh.

The episode, One With the Joke, gets defensive when the girls take about their flaws. 

They all agree that Rachal gets overcome by influence, but there is no bad blood between the three. They get closer together as the quick banter warms our hearts. 

Ms. Green has her share of disappointments as she gets dejected when things go south with her boyfriend, Joshua. But she got her girls to back her decisions as they sat in wedding dresses to feel better.

Sadly, the plan backfired as Joshua caught them in the act, causing him to get completely scared off.

In The One With All the Kissing, Rachel hopes to return to London but still thinks it is a lame decision. 

She cannot escape her dilemma as she entrusts Phoebe with making her future judgments. But the blonder caves under the pressure and has a mental breakdown while Monica has to take over. 

Joey remains excited after scoring a new gig with the show called Bamboozled, as he asks Ross and Chandler if they want to play.

The complemented trivia has Ross jumping on his feet as the three men find themselves getting addicted while trying to win the prize.

In The One With Ross’ Tan, Ross goes multiple shades darker after missing the timing of the spray nozzles.

On the other hand, his people-pleaser sister struggles to avoid an old acquaintance who has suddenly adorned a British accent. She avoids picking up her phone, but Chandler puts her on the spot to express her feelings.

But saying no does not come easy to her as the call ended in a dinner date.

The One With Joey Award aired in 2001 when Joey got nominated for a Soapy Award for his part on Days of Our Lives. He asked Rachal to be his date while Monica panicked as she realized she might never have the rush of the beginning of meeting someone new again. 

They became the epitome of a healthy relationship when she told Chandler of her worries, and he reassured her by saying the iconic sentence. 

The season six finale comes with this genius comment made by Rachel after she finds out her best friend Monica and Chandler are officially engaged.

They had overcome several hurdles, from cultivating their feelings to hiding things from the other four to finally openly dating. The two girls share a moment, and they seem happy for Monica despite not having relationships of their own.

Corporate man Chandler Bing has not had the time to sit back and relax as he is always on the get-go. In The One Where Chandler Takes a Bath, an episode from season eight, Monica convinces him that having a bath is the best way to unwind as he finds himself surrounded by candles and bubbles.

Initially, he was against letting his guard down as such activities remain reserved for people in touch with their feminine sides. But it does not take long to melt his exterior as he begins creating his regime and becomes a little addicted to the essence of the tub.

In The One With Rachel’s Phone Number episode, Chandler had a tough time choosing between his wife and best buddy. Monica misses her husband after his work led him to a new city, while Joey has a few tickets to the next game. 

The two mean a lot to him, and accepting one proposal means hearing the wrath of the other for all of eternity. In all Bing's fashion, he refuses to face the problem head-on and makes up a lie to get the best of both worlds. 

In season seven, episode eight, Rachel has her eye on her new crush, Tag, and makes a move during Thanksgiving dinner.

It did not matter that he was her assistant as her eyes started glowing whenever he entered the room. She took him away to the apartment balcony to have a one to one, and her heart swooned when she heard he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

Joey warned her about her bad idea and advised her to keep things strictly platonic. He compromised her chances when he almost unveiled her feelings, but the episode ends happily, as Tag felt the same way.

While Mike is one of the favorite spouses, Chandler's girlfriend, Janice, probably falls in the most disliked category. She was loud and confident, but most importantly, she was herself. 

So it was not surprising when they let out a sigh of relief as they finally broke up, but Janice was single and ready to mingle. She got entangled with Ross as she came face to face with her ex-boyfriend, her new partner's best friend. 

Besides, she is a young woman with needs to fulfill, no matter who is on the receiving side.

Chandler is not the most confident in the groups, as it does not help when his buddies are easy on the eyes. 

Fortunately, Monica, who was not his girlfriend then, was freshly out of a job and had time on her hands. She pledged to help him and became his trainer. As someone who lost a lot of weight during her teenage years, she was passionate about the cause and made him wear his workout gear even on the weekends. 

Eventually, his pessimistic side caught up with the pair as he attacked her with her insecurities and convinced her to lie down on the couch and contemplate life.

The tenth episode of the first season marked the first appearance of Marcel, a monkey that Ross adopted to combat his lonely life.

Meanwhile, Phoebe has an album ready to perform in the coffee shop as the New Year is just around the corner. They opt out for a party instead of an intimate dinner, and she invites David, a mad scientist who thinks she is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen.

When the clock strikes 12, she does not have anyone to kiss as her date left the party for a prior engagement. Being utterly alone at the beginning of the year, she barked she was too sad to enjoy others' happiness.

The New York paleontologist Ross is busy with his museum when he entrusts Monica and Rachel to care for his son. 

Playtime gets rough when the child ends up with a bump on his head as the girls try to cover it up with a hat but fail miserably. It did not take long for the dad to know something was wrong when he devised a plan to get back at his sibling.

Monica seemed genuinely worried for their health when he revealed that it was a mere prank.

She was overcome with fury and baked out the words to her brother. 

In season seven, The One With All the Cheesecakes episode, Joey and Phoebe finally go on a date but only platonically. 

But fate was not on her side as she got a call from David, her former lover, that he was in the city for just one night, the night she had a date with Joey.

After giving him all the lectures about friendship and putting people first, she was not ready to eat her words and decided to speed up their engagement. Joey caught on to her actions and sarcastically complimented her, which she did not understand and just agreed. 

Rachel is on a date with another man when Ross arrives at the scene to disturb their night. 

He tries to make his love declarations, but the right metaphors do not come to his mind. He tried to be romantic and made an adorable reference to her being his lobster to get her to give him another chance.

There is a reason why people call Chandler and Monica a couple of goals.

They may not be the match made in heaven, but they do an amazing job of canceling out the other's faults and supporting each other through thick and thin. During this scene, the others called her out for her OCD with cleaning and being a little bossy. She got shocked by the revelations, and she asked her boyfriend if he had similar thoughts.

His reply made her cheeks rosy with a blush as her high maintenance was what he loved about her. 

The gang is once again talking about how Ross majorly messed up when he cheated on Rachel with an unknown lady. 

The concept of a break gets brought up again as Joey tells them it’s never taken him a week to get over a relationship. Lady Geller is there for her friend's defense and bites it with the brilliant line.

Although Monica and Chandler get known as the ideal couple, there are a few times that they have messed up.

After they finally went public with their relationship, he lost his mind over the severity of it all. This time, his girlfriend is not there to take his hand and reason as she has had enough of his unsureness. She stands her ground and refuses to bow her head, telling him to man up and face his choices. 

For many fans, Roschel is the end game, as they have been hoping to see the two end up together since the first few episodes. They have had their share of ups and downs as they tried being in a relationship, but things did not work out. 

The Last One, also known as the series finale, ends when Geller makes one last effort to make Rachel his when he confesses his love and has Phobe as his wingman. She was about to leave the country after getting an offer she could not refuse and had everything packed. 

The two rush to the airport, making up lies about getting precognitive dreams about the plane crashing. By the time they arrived, the plane had already left its stations, leaving a dejected Ross near tears.

He arrives home to listen to his voicemails as an emotional Rachels tells him she left her flight to be with him.

In One With the Sonogram at the End, the friends are relaxing in their resident coffee house and talking about the wants and needs of women during intercourse. 

The topic takes a raunchy turn when Rachels brings up the importance of kissing. The other girls agree that the first one is enough for them to decide if they want to continue with the plans or leave mid-way. The guys disagree, saying it was only an opening act as they got much more to offer. 

We are back to a time when Chandler was still hopelessly in love with Janice, as he finally realized what she meant to him. 

He got so overwhelmed by his feeling that he blurted out too much at the wrong time, scaring off a very free-spirited Janice. She was not ready to take things seriously as she could not give him an appropriate response and left with her things.

Everyone knows Joey as the Cassanova who falls for every other pretty girl that comes his way. But he losses reason when he realizes he started developing feelings for Rachel.

She is not just one of his best friends but also has a history with Ross, someone he adores. He truly cared about her but had a difficult time keeping his feelings buried inside.

Instead of confessing his crush to the object of his affection, he stood in front of Ross and burst out everything. 

It's safe to say people around the globe were celebrating when Phoebe finally got married to her longtime boyfriend, Mike.

After a giant blizzard destroys the venue and band, they opt for an intimate ceremony in Central Perk with just close friends and family. While standing opposite each other in the makeshift alter, Mike recites the sweet words, reassuring the audience that she is in good hands. 

After Phoebe's wedding, it was only natural for us to include another ceremony in The One With Chandler and Monica’s Wedding.

The other had peaked into their vows before the couple reached D-Day as the girls signed after reading her adorable words. The exact wording was kept a secret until the ceremony, as Chandler and the fans could give their genuine reaction. The writers did not disappoint, encapsulating the journey in a few words.

It's time to grab a tissue as the married couple, Monica and Chandler, finally have babies of their own. The pair were not the ones who convinced the babies, but they loved them just as much.

Monica was there for the delivery and even cut the umbilical cord. She looked at her newborn son and could not contain her glee as she always wanted to be a mother. Her complications with fertility compromised the chances of parents, but surrogacy gave them another chance at life. 

Thanks to Monica, the NBC show has been a delight for foodies, as her dishes make our mouths water.

She is a professional chef with a genuine love for meals, as she does not mind putting together a dish to feed her mates. Thanksgiving is her holiday to celebrate as the six buddies sit down or a dinner at her apartment.

But one holiday, they managed to rub her the wrong way by arriving an hour late. The result? They get locked out with only a smell to please their hunger. Rachel thinks she is on to a winner as something is left cooking in Joey’s oven, but the only thing left is Brussels sprouts.

Joey has two things that he cares about, women and food. 

When Joey arrives at his house, he sees Rachel on a call. She abruptly ended it, saying it was a mere pizza place. The resident food lover took offense to the gesture and asked her if she would hang up on her family.

Joey and his adoration for food get proven yet again on Season 10, Episode, The One With the Birth Mother.

While Monica and Chandler are away in Ohio to meet the birth mother of their kids, Joey tries to convince Phoebe to let him go out with her friend Sarah. Knowing her friend, she was skeptical about letting them get together.

Her worst fears come true when she sets Sarah up with him, but he refuses to call her the next day. When she confronted him about the ordeal, he explained that she broke his golden commandment on their date, as he does not share food. 

Similarly, Joey was offended when his buddies ate pizza and forgot to call him.

It was one of Ross's many weddings, and Joey was feeling homesick. He called Phoebe to feel better and heard her ordering from the restaurant. He was mad that she did not think for him. But Phoebe knew how to pacify him and ordered his favorite one, eating every last crumb in his honor.

Chandler is at his all-time low as he is seeking employment as these kids are on their way.

His wife is more than happy to help organize jobs in alphabetical order for the eight hours. He got his eyes set on advertising and held up animate objects while making innovative slogans. 

A top quote from the show is when Ross dishes out some secrets from his childhood.

It's not a mystery that Monica used to be rather heavy in her high school years, almost unrecognizable. Her weight came from her love for food, as she would gobble up things at the speed of light.

Her teasing older brother did not shy away from admitting to her tendencies, telling Rachel how he learned to eat faster than a regular person.

For once, it is not Joey talking about food but Rachel. In The One with All the Cheesecakes, an episode from season seven, Chandler refuses to give back a cheesecake accidentally delivered to his apartment.

The desert was so tasty that they could not stop eating it. The next day, he and Rachel find another slice delivered in front of their door and do the right thing by placing it at the correct address. They return the next day to see the cake untouched they fall into an argument as it falls on the floor.

Long-time fans were flabbergasted when Rachel ended up with Joey on season ten after they admitted to their feelings.

Indeed, it was high time to take the relationship to the next level, but the awkwardness was too much to go through with it. After a few mishaps, they talked about their relationship and realized their bond and friendship remained stronger than ever.

In the second episode of the tenth season, Rachel and Joey fears Ross's state of mind after he finds out about their relationship.

But everyone keeps an open mind with his new girlfriend, Charlie, who acknowledges feeling threatened by her. Rachel kept her cool, understanding the territory competitiveness when a partner is still mates with their ex. She brushed off the comment and calmly powered through.

In The One in Barbados, Ross is outside New York to give a speech about paleontology. 

He called Joey to be his plus one as the event ended with a success. In a rare moment, a fan of Ross approaches the pair, much to the surprise of Joey.

Being an actor, he assumed everyone would know him for his time on Days of Our Lives. But to his astonishment, they do not even own a television, leading to the birthing of the iconic line. 

During season six, Phoebe and Rachel are down and feeling unsafe and begin taking a women's self-defense class together.

Ross is not supporting the idea because he took karate lessons to master the true essence of self-defense called Unagi. He did not like the way they dismissed his claims and devised plans to scare them. But his schemes backfired when they defeated them without breaking a sweat.

Still, he did not give up and tried to attack them while walking near Central Perk. Turns out, the ones he jumped were strangers as they chased him down the block.

It was a time when Monica and Chandler were secretly trying to hide their relationship from the others.

But Joey and Rachel find out through pure coincidence as they ask each other about the gossip through codes. While they are trying to figure out the message, Phoebe catches them in the act as the three mates prepare a way to get them to confess the entire stunt. 

The result is this hilarious exchange as they eventually own up to their dating.

Pivot by Ross Geller is one for the history books, as his google page has got it on animation. 

When he finally moves into a new apartment, he asks his companions to help him move the heavy furniture. But the staircase has a bit of a curve as he needs to direct them to the right way to bent without damaging the couch.

The worry is evident in his voice as he requests Chandler and Rachel to pivot the leather couch.

We saved the best for last, as who can forget the Joey Tribbiani line that is a running gag throughout the season?

His player ways are not a one-time deal, as girls lose their minds whenever he utters a single sentence. The phrase has outgrown the four walls of the studio with other celebrities like the Mother of Dragons, Emilia Clarke, asking Matt LeBlanc, the American actor who plays him, to say it.