The best Cruella de Vil quotes help to cement the iconic character from 101 Dalmatians as one of the most despicable Disney villains of all time. Even though 101 Dalmatians is ed as a classic family-friendly movie, Cruella is particularly ruthless as she wants to kill a lot of puppies in order to get a fur coat. She is also a vain and insulting person, which makes her one of the great villains who is so much fun to hate. The unforgettable Cruella de Vil quotes highlight just how evil and memorable she is.

With her love of fashion and her eccentric nature, Cruella is certainly an entertaining character even when she is quite sadistic. Whether she is yelling at Horace and Jasper, commenting on the puppies, or making her own cruel observations, Cruella doesn't have much of a filter or any control over her anger. Though many Disney villains have been more powerful or threatening, Cruella cements herself as an effective villain simply by proving herself to be a terrible human being.

20 "No Time For Games. Where Are The Little Brutes?"

Cruella Looks For The Puppies

In Cruella's mind, the world exists solely to provide her with everything she wants. She barges into every situation with nothing but demands and unreasonable expectations. Such is the case in her very first scene, as she comes into Anita's home, ignoring any sense of politeness, and immediately begins looking around for the dogs. Not only does she demand the dogs as if she owns them, but she also insults them, even knowing what she has planned. It is a quick way of establishing herself as truly unlikeable.

In the long pantheon of Disney villains, there are some that fit the nefarious and devilish persona perfectly. What is brilliant about Cruella is that she presents a villain completely unexpected yet effective. This high-society self-important narcissist who expects the world to bow to her has only become more relevant over time.

19 "I'm Through With All Of You. I'll Get Even. Just You Wait. You'll Be Sorry."

Cruella Swears Revenge

It is a common belief that the best villains don't know that they are the villains of the story. When it comes to a woman who wants to skin puppies to make a fur coat, it would seem impossible that she could not understand the villainy in that. However, there is a sense that Cruella has been so pampered and is so used to getting what she wants that she simply thinks she is owed it.

This is the moment where Cruella seems to embrace her true villainy and enact her evil plan to steal the puppies. When it is clear that Anita and Roger are not going to hand over the puppies willingly, Cruella launches into this tirade of threats towards them, swearing her revenge. While Cruella ultimately wants the puppies for her fur coat, there is also the possibility that her crimes are partially motivated by her desire to get even with Anita and Roger for denying her what she wants.

18 "Anita, Don't Be Ridiculous. You Can't Possibly Afford To Keep Them. You Can Scarcely Afford To Feed Yourselves."

Cruella Laughs At Anita's Lifestyle

While there have been plenty of "eat the rich" movies in recent years, it seems that the idea of seeing the wealthy entitled of society get theirs is not a modern view at all. Cruella makes for one of the best examples of these types of characters who assume they can flippantly wave money at a situation and be able to do what they want. Cruella decides to attack Anita and her life with Roger when Anita tries to tell Cruella that the puppies are not for sale at any price and the couple intends to keep them.

Cruella says that Roger and Anita can't even afford to feed themselves, let alone several puppies.

Anita and Roger aren't as wealthy as Cruella, and Cruella immediately tries to put Anita down and manipulate her into selling the puppies. Cruella says that Roger and Anita can't even afford to feed themselves, let alone several puppies. She sees the rest of the world as beneath her, allowing her to believe she can bend them to her desires, a clear example of her villainy.

17 "I Know. Roger's Songs. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!"

Cruella Insults Roger's Profession

While Cruella and her barbaric plans make her an easy villain to hate, it is also not hard to see why she is so popular. She can be a hilarious character at times, something actor Emma Stone brought out in her winning performance in Cruella, but the original animated version brings some big laughs as well. One of the funniest aspects of Cruella's personality is how openly she insults people to their faces without even thinking about it.

Sometimes it is not even out of anger, but rather that she likes to voice even her meanest opinions and finds it funny that people are not as fortunate as she is. When Anita suggests that she and Roger will get by fine as is, Cruella can barely contain herself as she laughs at the idea of them making a living from Roger's music. Her evil laugh as Roger angrily puffs on his pipe is a hilarious moment.

16 "This Horrid Little House Is Your Dream Castle! And Poor Roger Is Your Bold And Fearless Sir Galahad!"

Cruella Gloats About Her Crimes

Roger and Anita live a simple yet happy life, and the two care deeply for each other, but Cruella doesn't see it that way at all. She chooses to poke fun at Anita and sees Anita as a failure in life because she hasn't found riches or prominence. Cruella doesn't understand how Anita could be happy with her simple existence and instead of keeping it to herself or letting Anita live the life she wants she instead chooses to voice her opinion of disgust just to try to upset Anita.

There is a clear theme established that Anita is happy in her modest life even compared to the lavish lifestyle of Cruella. However, 101 Dalmatians doesn't suggest that Cruella is unhappy despite her wealth. In fact, it is quite clear how much she loves being rich and powerful, gleefully waving it in everyone's faces.

15 “When Can The Puppies Leave Their Mother? Two Weeks? Three Weeks?”

Cruella Demands The Puppies

Not only is Cruella's plan for the dogs cruel, but she also hardly tries to hide her true intentions in wanting the dogs. It's clear from the beginning of the movie that Cruella de Vil does not want Roger and Anita's puppies so she can care for them. She is far too cold-hearted of a person to care about another living thing. It's much more sinister than that, as she wants all of the puppies to make fur coats.

This quote is especially cruel as she pesters the couple about the earliest time she could possibly buy the puppies from them. It is an especially dark demand for her, plotting to have the puppies taken away moments after they are born. However, it is also darkly funny that Cruella is openly impatient about getting her hands on the animals when it is so obvious what her motivations are.

14 “Congratulations. You’ve Just Won Gold, Silver, And Bronze In The Morons Olympics!”

Cruella Insults Her Goons

Cruella spends a lot of the movie ordering around her two henchmen, Horace and Jasper, who are attempting to steal the puppies from Anita and Roger. Unafraid to tell them exactly how she feels, she constantly yells at them for mes her perfect plan and thinks that they're complete fools.

Some of Cruella's quotes feel similar to Miranda Priestley's biting comments towards her employees in The Devil Wears Prada. With Miranda's unique sense of style and ruthlessness, it's possible that Cruella serves as some sort of inspiration for her.

While the live-action Cruella features the two characters as friends to Cruella, the Glenn Close version maintained the trend of the original, with Cruella constantly annoyed with the incompetence of the hapless goons. This line from the live-action remake gets a hilarious response as well, with Horace asking, "Who gets the gold?"

13 "Now Go And Stand Somewhere Until I Need You.”

Cruella Orders People Around

Cruella is known for being cruel and short with everyone she interacts with, ordering everyone around as if their only purpose in life is to do what she says. She treats everyone as if they are useless and incompetent for failing to do exactly what she wants. She is simmering with rage at every moment and unleashes it on anyone who displeases her in the slightest way. Despite being frustrated with the entire world around her, Cruella never for a moment considers that she might be the problem.

While Cruella certainly has a short temper and can be easily annoyed with people, it also speaks to how she sees the world around her. For Cruella, people are nothing other than servants there to do what she asks and get her what she needs. They might as well not exist until she has use for them.

12 "You Idiots! You...You Fools! Oh, You Imbeciles!"

Cruella Rages Over Her Defeat

Given what a terrible person she is, there is something deeply satisfying about seeing Cruella's plans fail and for her to finally get her comeuppance. Jasper and Horace hit Cruella's car from the side, sending all three people over the side of the hill, and thus ending their pursuit of the puppies, who get away safely. Cruella doesn't take the loss easily as she predictably blames them for everything while sobbing in defeat.

There are other villain defeats in movies that deliver more devastating comeuppance to the evil characters, but this is a satisfying end for Cruella. Not getting her way is a rare thing and she is left like a spoiled child who has been denied candy. While Jasper and Horace are terrible people as well, it is satisfying to see them finally have enough of their boss and tell her to "shut up."

11 "Oh, The Devil Take It, They're Mongrels! No Spots! No Spots At All! What A Horrid Little White Rat!"

Cruella Gets A Look At The New Puppies

It doesn't take long for Cruella to show up at the house after the puppies are born, but when she sees their appearance, she doesn't try to hide her disappointment. Cruella is disgusted by the fact that the puppies don't have their spots right away. If they don't look absolutely perfect, they're just "mongrels" to her. The puppies were newly born, and instead of commenting about how cute they were, Cruella said the exact opposite.

It is a sign of Cruella's twisted view of beauty, as she is insulting to these animals she had planned to kill, simply for looking their natural way. Had Anita and Roger clued to what Cruella had planned for the puppies from the beginning, they could have avoided the entire dog-napping incident by simply not informing Cruella that the dogs would eventually get their spots.