Forrest Gump Quotes

Jenny Curran : [ hearing that Forrest is going to Vietnam ] Listen, you promise me something, OK? Just if you're ever in trouble, don't be brave. You just run, OK? Just run away.

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Richard M. Nixon : [ awarding Forrest a U.S table tennis tournament medal in 1972 ] So how are you enjoying yourself in our nation's capital, son?
Forrest Gump : Yes, sir.
Richard M. Nixon : So where are you staying?
Forrest Gump : Uh... it's called the hotel airbot.
Richard M. Nixon : Oh, no, I know of this much nicer hotel that's very new. It's very modern. I'll have my people set you up and take care of it for you.

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Forrest Gump : Those must be comfortable shoes, I bet you could walk all day in shoes like those and not feel a thing.
Nurse at Park Bench : My feet hurt.
Forrest Gump : My momma always said you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes, where the go, where they've been. I've worn lots of shoes, I bet if I think about it real hard I can remember my first pair of shoes.

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Forrest Gump : Then, Bubba said something I won't ever forget.
Bubba : I wanna go home.
Forrest Gump : Bubba was my best good friend...

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School Bus Boy : Ya can't sit heah!

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Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : [ Forrest and Bubba salute Lt. Dan ] Oh, get your hands down. Do not salute me. There are goddamn snipers all around this area who'd love to grease an officer. I'm Lieutenant Dan Taylor. Welcome to Fort Platoon. [ looks at Bubba ]
Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : What's wrong with your lip?
Bubba : I was born with big gums, sir.
Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : Well, you better tuck that in. Gonna get that caught on a tripwire.

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

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Forrest Gump : So Bubba was from Bayou la Batrie, Alabama, and his mama cooked shrimp. And her mama before her cooked shrimp, and her mama before her mama cooked shrimp, too. Bubba's family knew everything there was to know about the shrimpin' business.

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Forrest Gump : Mama always said, God is mysterious. He didn't turn Jenny into a bird that day. But instead - he had the po-lice say Jenny didn't have to stay in that house no more. She went to live with her grandma, just over on Creekmore Avenue. And that made me happy, because she was close. And some nights she'd sneak out and come on over to my house, because she said she was scared. It may have been because of her grandma's dog, or somethin'.

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Forrest Gump : I think I ruined your roommate's bathrobe.
Jenny Curran : I don't care. I don't like her, anyway.

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Forrest Gump : Coons? Well raccoons tried to get in our back porch, Momma just chase 'em off with a broom!

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