Never have I thought I’d be taking advice or reading inspirational quotes from a square yellow dish sponge. Here we are, and this is our article on the best SpongeBob quotes.
In all truth, I still haven’t heard a real dish sponge speak (if I did, I’d be very concerned), only the animated version. However, as you will soon see yourself, SpongeBob is one smart sponge and probably one of the wisest animated characters ever. A sponge with deep knowledge about friendships, the value of imagination, kindness, hope, and all the stuff that makes us better people.
Although you wouldn’t expect a sponge to be giving you life advice, the weird aspect of the word’s embodiment makes all of these motivating quotes even better! But, of course, nothing is weirder than real life itself, so why shouldn't you listen to an animated sponge discussing pressing matters with you?
Okay, so you caught me - SpongeBob is not, in fact, a dish sponge, but rather a sea sponge. To be more exact - a multicellular organism with a body full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two layers of cells. The more you know! And no, it doesn't have a brain, so it is probably some divine entity that SpongeBob SquarePants is channeling through him. ~Mystical~.
But enough of all this blabber, and let’s finally go to the SpongeBob quotes we’ve prepared for you! Vote for the funny quotes that stirred something inside you, and share this glorious article with any and all SpongeBob fans that you know!
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Patrick’s Genius Moment With Spongebob
SpongeBob: “Patrick, you’re a genius!”
Patrick: “Yeah, I get called that a lot.”
SpongeBob: “What? A genius?”
Patrick: “No, Patrick.”
Sandy’s Take On The Spread Of Stupidity
“Stupidity isn’t a virus, but it sure is spreading like one.” – Sandy
Patrick’s Time Management With Sandy
Sandy: “Don’t you have to be stupid somewhere else?”
Patrick: “Not until 4.”
Spongebob Reflects On The Value Of Memories
“You never really know the true value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.” – SpongeBob
Spongebob’s Toughness Tested By A Stubbed Toe
“I’ll have you know that I stubbed by toe last week and only cried for 20 minutes.“ – SpongeBob
This is me, except I don't cry anymore because I do it so often.
Plankton’s Dark Farewell To Everyone
“Goodbye everyone, I’ll remember you all in therapy.” – Plankton
Mr. Krabs’ Life Lesson On Dreams And Kidney Stones
SpongeBob: “I used to have a dream.”
Mr. Krabs: “Yeah? I used to have a kidney stone. Everything passes eventually.”
Squidward’s Defense: Public Radio Listener
“You can’t fool me. I listen to public radio!” – Squidward
Spongebob’s Out-Of-This-World Doorknob Fact
“Remember, licking doorknobs is illegal on other planets.” – SpongeBob
Spongebob’s Unique Take On Driving A Sandwich
“You don’t need a license to drive a sandwich.” – SpongeBob
Spongebob Explains The Art Of Secret Sharing
“Well, it’s no secret that the best thing about a secret is secretly telling someone your secret, thereby adding another secret to their secret collection of secrets, secretly.” – SpongeBob
Spongebob Absorbs Blows Like A Sponge
“Gary, I’m absorbing his blows like I’m made of some sort of spongy material.” – SpongeBob
Squidward’s Classic Line: Wake Me Up When I Care
"Wake me up when I care." – Squidward
Yeah, I need to make this into a sign and put it...like...everywhere.
Spongebob’s Advice On Following Your Heart
“Always follow your heart unless your heart is bad with directions.” – SpongeBob
Patrick’s Iconic Response To The Krusty Krab Call
Caller: “Is this the Krusty Krab?”
Patrick: “No, this is Patrick.”
Spongebob, Patrick, And Squidward's Santa Claus Mix-Up
Squidward: “Do you have to stand so close? You’re making me claustrophobic!” Patrick: “What does claustrophobic mean?”
Spongebob: “I think it means he’s afraid of Santa Claus.”
Patrick: “Ho, Ho, Ho!”
SpongeBob: “Stop it, Patrick! You’re scaring him!”
Spongebob And Patrick’s Balloon Crime On Free Balloon Day
Police: “If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. [locks SpongeBob and Patrick in jail cell and opens it again after a second] Okay, time’s up. Now get out!”
SpongeBob: “But… we stole a balloon!”
Police: “Yeah, on free balloon day!”
Patrick’s Mayonnaise Debate In Squidward’s Band Class
Squidward: “OK now, how many of you have played musical instruments before?”
Plankton: “Do instruments of torture count?”
Squidward : “No.”
Patrick: “Is mayonnaise an instrument?”
Squidward: “No, Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument. Horseradish is not an instrument either.”
Lurpak had an advertising campaign featuring a little butter man playing a trumpet, his name was Douglas.
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“No one can change a person, but someone can be a reason for that person to change.” – SpongeBob
Mr. Krabs’ Hilarious Refusal To Donate To The Children’s Fund
“Give to the Children’s fund? What have the children ever done for me?” – Mr. Krabs
Patrick’s Brutally Honest Pep Talk To Squidward
SpongeBob: “Aw, cheer up, Squid! It could be worse!”
Patrick: “Yeah. You could be bald and have a big nose.”
Patrick's Confusion Between Bird Talk And Italian
SpongeBob: “Wow, Patrick, I didn’t know you spoke bird.”
Patrick: “No, SpongeBob, that’s Italian.”
Patrick’s Guess For Annoy Squidward Day
SpongeBob: "Guess what day today is?"
Patrick: "Annoy Squidward day?"
SpongeBob: "No silly! That’s on the 15!"
Patrick’s Blissfully Unaware Take On Dumb People
“Dumb people are always blissfully unaware of how dumb they really are…(drools)” – Patrick
Mr. Krabs And The Smelly Smell
"Did you smell it? That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... smelly." - Mr. Krabs
Ah, the very first episode! *"Living in the sunlight" playing in the distance*
Patrick’s Request For More Time To Think
SpongeBob: “Quick, Patrick, without thinking: if you could have anything right now, what would it be?“
Patrick: “Um… more time for thinking.”
Squidward’s Grim Outlook On Life At The Krusty Krab
“I order the food, you cook the food. The customer gets the food. We do that for 40 years, and then we die.” – Squidward
Mr. Krabs’ Definition Of Happiness: Money
“A 5 letter word for happiness – MONEY.” – Mr. Krabs
Spongebob’s Hilarious Body And Face Dilemma
“Excuse me, sir, but you’re sitting on my body, which is also my face.” – SpongeBob
Oh What part am i supposed to get off of? - Random person sitting on spongebobs face/body
Patrick’s Tale Of The Ugly Barnacle
“Once upon a time there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died. The end!” – Patrick
I tell this to my son as a bedtime story. He never gets tired of it.
Spongebob’s Advanced Darkness Discovery
“This is not your average, everyday darkness. This is… ADVANCED darkness.” – SpongeBob
Patrick’s Brilliant New Tactic: Let’s Get Naked!
SpongeBob: “We’re not doing so well, Patrick. We need a new approach, a new tactic. “
Patrick: “Umm, I got it. Let’s get naked!”
Tough Fish’s Breakfast Without Milk At The Salty Spitoon
Reg: "Welcome to the Salty Spitoon. How tough are you?"
Tough Fish: "How tough am I? I had a bowl of nails for breakfast this morning."
Reg: "Yeah, so?"
Tough Fish: "Without any milk."
Reg: "Uh, right this way. Sorry to keep you waiting."
You might think I’m strange, but for years I though he meant finger nails, not the metal kind. It just hadn’t occurred to me that that would be the case.
Squidward’s Cynical View On Serving Smiles
SpongeBob: “What’s better than serving up smiles?“
Squidward: “Being dead or anything else.”
The Narrator’s Exhausting Wait
“So much later that the old narrator got tired of waiting and they had to hire a new one.” – Narrator
Spongebob’s Endless Connection Chain
“I knew a guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy’s cousin…” – SpongeBob
Squidward Enjoying Spongebob’s Absence
“Too bad SpongeBob’s not here to enjoy SpongeBob not being here.” – Squidward
Spongebob Urging Mr. Krabs To Run Like He’s Not In A Coma
“Run Mr. Krabs! Run like you’re not in a coma!” – SpongeBob
Plankton Takes Away Brain Privileges
“That’s it, mister! You just lost your brain privileges!” – Plankton
Squidward’s House Of Unrecognized Talent
“Hello. You’ve reached the house of unrecognized talent.” – Squidward
Spongebob’s Superfan Moment With Kevin The Sea Cucumber
Spongebob: “Hi, Kevin. I’m your biggest fan.”
Kevin the Sea Cucumber: “You’re too kind. Security!”
Spongebob’s Pants-Free Realization
“Oh well, I guess I’m not wearing any pants today!” – SpongeBob
Patrick And Spongebob’s Laughing Confusion
Patrick: “Are they laughing at us?”
SpongeBob: “No, Patrick. They’re laughing next to us.”
Spongebob’s Declaration Of Ugly Pride
“I’m ugly and I’m proud!” – SpongeBob
Patrick’s Epic Two-Word Food: Na. Chos.
"Two words, SpongeBob. Na. Chos." – Patrick
The Flying Dutchman’s Job Description
“You’re part of my crew now, and our job is to sail around and frighten people. It’ll be grueling, mind-numbing, and repetitive. Just like… daytime television.” – Flying Dutchman
Plankton’s Dark Version Of The F.u.n. Song
“F is for a fire that burns down the whole town, U is for Uranium… bombs! N is for no survivors!” – Plankton
Patrick’s Sharp Take On Stupidity
“Well, it may be stupid, but it’s also dumb.” – Patrick
Patrick Borrowing Spongebob’s Brain
“Can you give SpongeBob his brain back, I had to borrow it for the week.” – Patrick
Plankton’s Aggressive Command For Niceness
“Me, aggressive?! How dare you?! Maybe you’re right… I command you to help me be a nicer person!” – Plankton
Spongebob’s Famous “Ravioli Ravioli” Plea
“Ravioli ravioli. Give me the formuoli.” – SpongeBob
Mr. Krabs’ Grim Take On Survival
“What doesn’t kill you, usually succeeds in the second attempt.” – Mr. Krabs
Spongebob’s Battle With Temptation
“I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I definitely don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I… need… it!?“ – SpongeBob
Spongebob’s Command To Patrick: Time To Go Home
"Pull your pants up, Patrick. We’re going home." – SpongeBob
Patrick’s Confusion Between Sandy And His Mom
Patrick: "Is Sandy the one I call 'Mom'?"
SpongeBob: "No Patrick, that’s your mother."
Spongebob’s Unorthodox Use Of Squidward’s Clarinet
“Squidward... I used your clarinet to unclog my toilet!” – SpongeBob
Spongebob’s Confusing Logic About Cleaning
“I don’t get it. I made my house a mess, which was making it clean, which made Squidward clean my yard, but that really means he’s messing it up. But the opposite of clean is filth, which means filth is clean, that means Squidward is really making my yard a wreck, but I normally wreck my own yard which means, Squidward is being the opposite of Squidward which means he’s Spongebob!” – SpongeBob
Patrick’s Dirty Dan Dilemma
Patrick: “Who are you calling Pinhead? I wanna be Dirty Dan.”
SpongeBob: “What makes you think you can be Dirty Dan?”
Patrick: “I’m dirty.”
Mr. Krabs’ Ice-Cold Definition Of Cool
“You wouldn’t know cool if I locked you in the freezer!” – Mr. Krabs
They left out the last part “for your information, squidward has locked me in the freezer, so I think I know what cool is”
Mr. Krabs’ Secret That No One Must Know
“Listen here, ya little barnacle. No one and I means no one can ever know about this. It’ll be the end of you, it’ll be the end of me. And worst of all, it’ll be the end of me!” – Mr. Krabs
Mr. Krabs’ Wisdom: What You Don’t Say Matters
“It’s not always what you say that matters, sometimes it’s what you don’t say.” – Mr. Krabs
Patrick’s Hilarious Wumbo Theory
Spongebob: “Patrick, I don’t think ‘wumbo’ is a real word.”
Patrick: “Oh come on SpongeBob! You know, I wumbo, you wumbo, he she me wumbo, wumbo, wumboing, we’ll have thee wumbo, wumborama, wumbology, the study of wumbo? It’s first grade SpongeBob!”
Sandy’s Quickness: Faster Than A Jackrabbit
"I'll be there faster than a barefoot jackrabbit on a hot, greasy griddle, in the middle of August!" – Sandy
Squidward’s Forever Alone Reminder
"It's just a cruel reminder that I'm single and likely to remain that way forever." – Squidward
Patrick’s Insight On Knowledge And Friendship
“Knowledge cannot replace friendship.” – Patrick
Patrick’s Ever-Expanding Vocabulary
“Nonsense, my vocabulary is infinitely expanding!” – Patrick
Patrick’s Bathroom Announcement
“Can I have everybody’s attention?… I have to use the bathroom.” – Patrick
Sandy’s Definition Of Home
“Home is where you’re surrounded by other critters that care about you.” – Sandy
Patrick’s Realization About Hibernation And Beauty Sleep
“I guess hibernation is the opposite of beauty sleep!” – Patrick
Patrick’s Take On Growing Up And Jazz
“Being grown up is boring. Besides, I don’t ‘get’ jazz.” – Patrick
Squidward’s Daily Struggle With Migraines
“Another day, another migraine.” – Squidward
Mr. Krabs’ Rule On Ridiculous Guest Requests
"We shall never deny a guest even the most ridiculous request." – Mr. Krabs
Spongebob’s Optimistic View On Darkness
"Hey, if I close my eyes it doesn’t seem so dark." – SpongeBob
Spongebob’s Surprise Encounter With Plankton
SpongeBob: "Eww, I think I stepped in something."
Plankton: "Not in something, on someone!"
Plankton’s Love For Holographic Meatloaf
“Holographic Meatloaf? My favorite!” – Plankton
Pearl’s Lesson On The New “Cool”
“See, no one says “cool” anymore. That’s such an old person thing. Now we say “coral”, as in “That nose job is so coral.” – Pearl Krabs
Mr. Krabs’ Three Theories Of Theft
“Well, the way I see it, there are three possibilities: One, you stole it; two, you stole it; or three, you stole it!” – Mr. Krabs
Spongebob’s Acceptance Of Fiery Friendship Explosions
“If I were to die right now in a fiery explosion due to the carelessness of a friend… Then it would just be alright.” – SpongeBob
Sandy’s Comparison Of Evil And Newspaper Comics
“You’re nothing but pure evil… just like newspaper comics.” – Sandy
Mrs. Puff’s Harsh Grading Scale
“You need six hundred to pass, you got six.” – Mrs. Puff
Sandy’s Texas Wrangling Efficiency
"Back in Texas, I wrangled bulls, and I wrangled worms. As far as I'm concerned, doin' em together just saves rope." – Sandy
Spongebob’s Plan To Become A Round-Headed Ghost
“I have a square head and a real ghost has a round one. All we have to do is make my head round and boo, I’m scary!” – SpongeBob
Spongebob’s Recipe For Dream Fulfillment
“If you believe in yourself and with a tiny pinch of magic, all your dreams can come true.” – SpongeBob
Squidward’s Exasperation With Spongebob’s Jellyfish Marathon
“SpongeBob is the only guy I know who can have fun with a jellyfish… [shouting] FOR 12 HOURS!” – Squidward
Patrick’s Snow-Choking Explanation
“I was trying to tell you that I was choking on snow but the snow melted and turned into water and I drank all the water now I’m better.” – Patrick
Spongebob’s Take On Imagination Over Television
“We don’t need television… not as long as we have our imagination.” – SpongeBob
Mr. Krabs’ Childhood Bond With A Dollar
“I was five years old and my father gave me a dollar. I loved that dollar. Loved it like a brother. Me and that dollar went everywhere together.” – Mr. Krabs
Spongebob’s Mossy Survival Tip
"Moss always points to civilization." – SpongeBob
Patrick’s Enigmatic Inner Thoughts
"The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma." – Patrick
Squidward’s 100-Year Nap Plan
"I might as well sleep for 100 years or so." – Squidward
Spongebob’s Loyalty To Captain Krabs
“I’m so loyal, I don’t mind sleeping out in the cold, hard ground while Captain Krabs sleeps in his warm, dry tent.” – SpongeBob
Patrick’s Deep Dive Into Problem Solving
“Sometimes we have to go deep inside ourselves to solve our problems.” – Patrick
Mr. Krabs Blames Spongebob For The Tainted Patty
“What’s this ‘we’ stuff? You fed him the tainted patty. Looks like it’s the stony lonesome for you!” – Mr. Krabs
Spongebob’s Confusion Over The Peace Treaty Copy
“Squidward that’s not the peace treaty, that’s a copy of the peace treaty.” – SpongeBob
Spongebob’s Request For A Lifetime Excuse
“Can I be excused for the rest of my life?” – SpongeBob
Sandy’s Victory Over The Texas Worm
“Boy, that critter put up some sort of fight, but as you can see, I’m from Texas, and no worm is a match for me. I even found my tail!” – Sandy
Spongebob’s Bomb Factory Revelation
“Oh, these aren’t homemade. They were made in a factory… a bomb factory. They’re bombs.” – SpongeBob
Spongebob’s Love For Staying Indoors
"I know of a place where you never get harmed. A magical place with magical charm. Indoors. Indoors. Indoors!" – SpongeBob
Plankton’s Advice On Standing Up For Yourself
“You’ll never get what you want if you always let people step on you.” – Plankton
Mr. Krabs’ Free Salad Bar Dilemma
“I don’t get it. If a free salad bar won’t bring in new customers… what will?” – Mr. Krabs
Spongebob’s Pants-Free Realization
“Oh well, I guess I’m not wearing any pants today!” – SpongeBob