Forrest Gump (1994) - Quotes

Jenny: Isn't he beautiful?

Forrest Gump: [''uneasily''; ''[[w:Intellectual disability|gesturing towards self] He's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen...but... is- is he s- smart, or is he...

Jenny: He's very smart. He's one of the smartest in his class.

Forrest Gump: What's the matter, Momma?

Mrs. Gump: I'm dyin', Forrest. Come on in, sit down over here.

Forrest Gump: Why are you dyin', Momma?

Mrs. Gump: It's my time. It's just my time. Oh, now, don't you be afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life. It's something we're all destined to do. I didn't know it, but I was destined to be your momma. I did the best I could.

Forrest Gump: You did good, Momma.

Mrs. Gump: Well, I happened to believe you make your own destiny. You have to do the best with what God gave you.

Forrest Gump: What's my destiny, Momma?

Mrs. Gump: You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get.

Forrest Gump: [''narrating''] Momma always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.

Mrs. Gump: I will miss you, Forrest.

Forrest Gump: [''narrating''] She had got the cancer and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it. And that's all I have to say about that.

Dick Cavett: Here he is, Forrest Gump. Right here. Mr. Gump, have a seat. Forrest Gump, John Lennon.

John Lennon: Welcome home.

Cavett: You had quite a trip. Can you, uh, tell us, uh, what was China like?

Forrest Gump: Well, in the land of China, people hardly got nothing at all.

Lennon: No possessions?

Gump: [[w:State_atheism#China|they never go to church.] And in China ]

Lennon: No religion, too?

Cavett: Ah, it's hard to imagine.

Lennon: [[w:Imagine (song)|it's easy if you try] Well, ], Dick.

Gump: [''narrating''; [w:Sean Lennon|his little boy; [w:Mark David Chapman|somebody; [w:Death of John Lennon|shot him] Some time later, that nice young man from England was coming home to see ], and he was signin some autographs when, for no reason at all, ] ].

Bubba Blue: I'm gonna lean up against you, you just lean right back against me. This way, we don't have to sleep with our heads in the mud. You know why we a good partnership, Forrest? Cause we be watchin out for one another. Like brothers and stuff. Hey, Forrest, there's somethin I've been thinkin about. I got a very important question to ask you. How would you like to go into the shrimpin business with me?

Forrest Gump: Okay.

Bubba Blue: Man, I tell you what, I got it all figured out, too. So many pounds of shrimp to pay off the boat, so many pounds for gas, we can just live right on the boat. We ain't got to pay no rent. I'll be the captain; we can just work it together. Split everything right down the middle. Man, I'm tellin you, fifty-fifty. And, hey, Forrest, all the shrimp you can eat.

Forrest Gump: [narrating] That's a fine idea. Bubba did have a fine idea.

Lt. Dan Taylor: There are two standing rules in this outfit. One, take care of your feet. Two, don't go doing something stupid, like getting yourself killed!

Forrest Gump: [to Bubba] I sure hope I don't let him down.

Lt. Dan Taylor: Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?

Forrest Gump: Uh, I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him.

Forrest Gump: Done, Drill Sergeant!

Drill Sergeant: [off screen; Hurrying over] GUMP! Why did you put that weapon together so quickly, Gump?!

Forrest Gump: You told me to, Drill Sergeant.

Drill Sergeant: [Looks at a stopwatch he is holding; [w:Officer Candidate School (United States Army)|OCS] Jesus H. Christ! This is a new company record. If it wouldn't be a waste of such a damn fine enlisted man, I'd recommend you for ], Private Gump! You are gonna be a general someday, Gump! Now, disassemble your weapon and continue!

Drill Sergeant: GUMP! What's your sole purpose in this Army?!

Forrest Gump: To do whatever you tell me, Drill Sergeant!

Drill Sergeant: [[w:Intelligence quotient|I.Q.] God damn it, Gump! You're a goddamned genius! That's the most outstanding answer I have ever heard! You must have a goddamned ] of 160! You are goddamned gifted, Private Gump! Listen up, people...

Forrest Gump: [''narrating''] Now for some reason I fit in the Army like one of them round pegs. It's not really hard. You just make your bed real neat and remember to stand up straight and always answer every question with "Yes, Drill Sergeant!

Drill Sergeant: This is one very intelligent individual! You lock your scuzzy bodies up behind that private and do exactly what he does, and you will go far in this man's Army! Is that clear?!

Forrest Gump, Recruits: YES, DRILL SERGEANT!

Forrest Gump: Hello. I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump.

Recruit Officer: [''shouting''; [w:US Army|Army] Nobody gives a horse's shit who you are, fuzzball! You're not even a low-life, scum-sucking maggot! Get your faggoty ass on the bus, you're in the ] now!

Recruit #1: Seat's taken.

Recruit #2: Taken.

Forrest Gump: [''describing his induction''] At first it seemed like I made a mistake, seeing how it was my induction day and I was already gettin yelled at.

Bubba Blue: You can sit down... if you want to.

Forrest Gump: [''narrating''] I didn't know who I might meet or what they might ask?

Bubba Blue: Have you ever been on a real shrimp boat?

Forrest Gump: No, but I've been on a real big boat.

Bubba Blue: I'm talkin about a shrimp-catchin boat. I've been workin on shrimp boats all my life. I started out on my uncle's boat, that's my mother's brother, when I was maybe about nine. I was just lookin into buyin a boat of my own and got drafted. My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue, but people call me "Bubba." Just like one o them ol redneck boys; can you believe that?

Forrest Gump: My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump: [''narrating''] So Bubba was from Bayou La Batre, Alabama, and his momma cooked shrimp. And her momma before her cooked shrimp. And her momma before her momma cooked shrimp, too. Bubba family knew everything there was to know about the shrimpin business.

Bubba Blue: I know ever'thing there is to know about the shrimpin business. Matter of fact, I'm goin into the shrimpin business for myself after I get out o the Army.

Forrest Gump: Okay.

Forrest Gump: [''narrating''] You know, it's funny what a young man recollects. Cause I don't remember being born. I, I don't recall what I got for my first Christmas and I don't know when I went on my first outdoor picnic. But, I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world.

Young Jenny: You can sit here if you want.

Forrest Gump: [''narrating''] I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. She was like an angel.

Young Jenny: Well, are you gonna sit down, or aren't ya?

Young Jenny: What's wrong with your legs?

Young Forrest: Um, nothing at all, thank you. My legs are just fine and dandy.

Young Jenny: Then why do you have those shoes on?

Young Forrest: Momma says my back is as crooked as a question mark. These shoes are gonna make me as straight as an arrow. They're my magic shoes.

Forrest Gump: [''narrating''] I just sat next to her on that bus and had conversation all the way to school. And next to Momma, no one ever talked to me or asked me questions.

Young Jenny: Are you stupid or something?

Young Forrest: Momma says stupid is as stupid does.

Young Jenny: I'm Jenny.

Young Forrest: I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump: [''narrating''] From that day on, we was always together. Jenny and me was like peas and carrots.

Lt. Dan Taylor: [cackles madly; cackles; Cackles louder] You'll never sink this boat! Come on! You call this a storm?! Come on, you son of a bitch! Blow! It's time for a showdown: You and me! I'm right here, come and get me! You'll never sink...this...BOAT!

Lt. Dan Taylor: Now, you listen to me. We all have a destiny. Things don't just happen, it's all part of a plan.

Forrest Gump: My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

Forrest Gump: Will you marry me? I'd make a good husband, Jenny.

Jenny: You would, Forrest.

Forrest Gump: ...But you won't marry me.

Jenny: [sadly] ... You don't wanna marry me.

Forrest Gump: Why don't you love me, Jenny?

Forrest Gump: I'm not a smart man... but I know what love is.

Forrest Gump: [narrating] If I'd a known that was the last time I was gonna talk to Bubba, I would've thought of something better to say.

Forrest Gump: Hi Bubba.

Bubba Blue: Hey Forrest.

Forrest Gump: Stupid is as stupid does.

Jenny Curran: [when the bullies from school were chasing him] Run, Forrest! Run!

Forrest Gump: You died on a Saturday morning. And I had you placed here under our tree. And I had that house of your father's bulldozed to the ground. Momma always said dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. Little Forrest, he's doing just fine. About to start school again soon. I make his breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. I make sure he combs his hair and brushes his teeth every day. Teaching him how to play ping-pong. He's really good. We fish a lot. And every night, we read a book. He's so smart, Jenny. You'd be so proud of him. I am. He, uh, wrote a letter, and he says I can't read it. I'm not supposed to, so I'll just leave it here for you. Jenny, I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time. I miss you, Jenny. If there's anything you need, I won't be far away.