Forrest Gump Quotes

Old man in barbershop : That boy sure is a runnin' fool!

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Forrest Gump : Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.

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Forrest Gump : What's my destiny, Mama?
Mrs. Gump : You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself.

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Forrest Gump : That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd just run across Greenbow County. And I figured, since I run this far, maybe I'd just run across the great state of Alabama. And that's what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. For no particular reason I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well turn around, just keep on going. When I got to another ocean, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well just turn back, keep right on going.

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Forrest Gump : In the land of China, people hardly got nothing at all.
John Lennon : No possessions?
Forrest Gump : And in China they never go to church.
John Lennon : No religion too?
Dick Cavett : Ah. Hard to imagine.
John Lennon : Well it's easy if you try, Dick.

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Coach Bryant : That kid may be the stupidest son of a bitch I've ever seen, but he sure is fast!

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Mrs. Gump : Remember what I told you, Forrest. You're no different than anybody else is. Did you hear what I said, Forrest? You're the same as everybody else. You are no different.
Principal : Your boy's... different, Miz Gump. His IQ's 75.
Mrs. Gump : Well, we're all different, Mr. Hancock. There must be something that can be done?
Principal : Is there a Mr. Gump, Miz Gump?
Mrs. Gump : He's on vacation.

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Young Forrest Gump : Mama. What's vacation?
Mrs. Gump : Vacation's when you go somewhere... and you never come back.

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Jenny Curran : Do you ever dream, Forrest, about who you're gonna be?
Forrest Gump : Who I'm gonna be?
Jenny Curran : Yeah.
Forrest Gump : Aren't-aren't I going to be me?

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Jenny Curran : You can't keep trying to rescue me all the time.
Forrest Gump : They was trying to grab you.
Jenny Curran : A lot of people try to grab me.

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Jenny Curran : Can I have a ride?
Pickup-Truck Driver : Where are you going?
Jenny Curran : I don't care.

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Forrest Gump : He was from a long great military tradition. Somebody from his family had fought and died in every single American war. I guess you could say he had a lot to live up to.

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Forrest Gump : Lieutenant Dan was always getting these funny feelings about a rock or a trail or the road, so he'd tell us to get down, shut up.
Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : Get down! Shut up!
Forrest Gump : So we did.

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[ Forrest Gump listing some of his comrades ]
Forrest Gump : There was Dallas, from Phoenix; Cleveland - he was from Detroit; and Tex... well, I don't remember where Tex come from.

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

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[ Forrest is waiting with Forrest Jr. for the school bus on little Forrest's first day of school in Greenbow. The bus arrives and little Forrest is about to board it ]
Forrest Gump : Forrest, don't... [ pause, then ]
Forrest Gump : I just wanted to tell you I love you.
Forrest Gump Jr. : [ smiles ] I love you too, Dad.

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Jenny Curran : Why are you so good to me?
Forrest Gump : You're my girl!
Jenny Curran : [ pause ] I'll always be your girl.

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Forrest Gump : [ to Jenny ] They're sendin' me to Vietnam... [ Jenny is despondent ]
Forrest Gump : ...It's this whole 'nuther country.

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[ Jenny has told Forrest that she has an incurable disease, and the doctors don't know what to do ]
Forrest Gump : You could come home with me, to my house in Greenbow, Jenny. You and little Forrest. I'll take care of you if you're sick.
Jenny Curran : Will you marry me, Forrest?
Forrest Gump : [ long pause ] Okay.

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Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : I never thanked you for saving my life.

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Young Jenny Curran : You can sit here if ya want.

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Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : [ while being ambushed ] You guys get that pig unfucked and get it on the tree line!

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Forrest Gump : So what are you doing in New York, Lt. Dan?
Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : I am living off the government tit! Sucking it dry!

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Forrest Gump : [ Forrest narrating ] Jenny taught me how to climb. And I taught her how to dangle.

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Mrs. Gump : What's normal anyways?

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Forrest Gump : She 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.

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Principal : [ after Mrs. Gump had been entertaining him ] You're momma sure does care about your education, son.
Principal : [ Forrest remains quiet ] You don't say much do you?
Young Forrest Gump : [ imitates the noises he has just heard ] eh, eh, eh, eh, eh...

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Forrest Gump : One day it started raining, and it didn't quit for four months. We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin' rain... and big ol' fat rain. Rain that flew in sideways. And sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath. Shoot, it even rained at night...

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Forrest Gump : Me and Jenny goes together like peas and carrots.

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Jenny Curran : Forrest, I'm sick.
Forrest Gump : Do you have a cough due to cold?

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