Ren MacCormack Quotes in Footloose (2011)

Ren MacCormack: [addressing the town council] I wasn't here three years ago, when tragedy struck this town. And I know it's not my place to mourn the lives that were lost because I didn't know them. But it doesn't mean that I don't think about them every day. Like a lot of students at Bomont, I see those pictures every day at school. And each time I see their faces, I think of how precious life is and how quickly it can be taken from us. I know this firsthand... in my own way. And three years ago, nearly a dozen laws were introduced to this council in order to protect the children of Bomont. And most of these laws, I can see, as a parent, how they make sense to you. But my right to dance... when I want, where I want, and how I want is a right that you cannot take away! It is mine. See, we don't have that much time left. All us teenagers, pretty soon we're gonna be just like you. We're gonna have jobs, and bills, and families. And we're gonna have to worry about our own children, because that is the job of a parent. To worry. I get that. But ours, as teenagers, is to live! To play our music way too loud and to act like idiots! And to make mistakes. Aren't we told in Psalm 149: "Praise the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song. And let them praise His name in the dance." Now if anybody else brought their Bible, like I did, will you please turn it into the Book of Samuel, 6:14. "David... David danced before the Lord with all his might, leaping and dancing before the Lord." Celebrating his love of God and celebrating his love of life. With what? With dancing! That's all we're doing here. Ecclesiastes assures us, "There is a time for each purpose under heaven. There's a time to weep. There's a time to mourn. And there is a time to dance." And this is our time! There was once a time for that law, but not anymore. Thank you.

Ariel Moore: What was all that?

Ren MacCormack: What was all what?

Ariel Moore: [waving her arms, laughs] All that!

Ren MacCormack: I was just letting off some steam. I'm sure you have your own wicked ways.

Ariel Moore: You think I'm a slut or something?

Ren MacCormack: I think you've been kissed a lot.

Willard: [referring to Ariel] You can stick a quarter in that girl's backpocket and tell whether or not it's heads or tails. You're trying to knock boots with her, aren't you?

Ren MacCormack: No, I'm not.

Willard: Yes, you are. He is.

Ren MacCormack: It's country line dancing; it's a white man's wet dream!

Willard: [referring to Ariel] Daddy gonna take her out to the woodshed.

Ren MacCormack: What the hell does that mean?

Willard: That means she's in deep shit.

Ren MacCormack: What are you doing here?

Ariel Moore: What are *you* doing here?

Ren MacCormack: Well, I thought I was alone.

Ariel Moore: Not in this town, you're not. There are eyes everywhere.

Willard: [Jumping onto Ren's bus, which is on fire] Hey, you know your bus is on fire?

Ren MacCormack: Yeah, no shit!

Ren MacCormack: [after his bus catches fire] And I'm on fire.

Woody: Public dancing is against the law under 18 in Bomont.

Ren MacCormack: Wait, wait, wait. Jump back. Are you kidding me? *Dancing* is against the law?

Ren MacCormack: Hey! I thought this was a party! Let's dance!