99 ‘Forrest Gump’ Quotes Worth Remembering (CLASSIC)

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Top 10 Most Famous ‘Forrest Gump’ Quotes (BEST)

My mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.' - Forrest Gump — My mama always said, ‘**Life** was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.’ – Forrest Gump

There’s an awful lot you can tell about a person by their shoes. - Forrest Gump — There’s an awful lot you can tell about a person by their shoes. – Forrest Gump

Miracles happen every day. Some people don’t think so, but they do. - Forrest Gump — **Miracles** happen every day. Some people don’t think so, but they do. – Forrest Gump

You have to do the best with what God gave you. - Mrs. Gump — You have to do the best with what God gave you. – Mrs. Gump

Now, mama said there’s only so much fortune a man really needs… and the rest is just for showing off. - Forrest Gump — Now, mama said there’s only so much **fortune** a man really needs… and the rest is just for showing off. – Forrest Gump

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. - Forrest Gump — 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. – Forrest Gump

Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. - Forrest Gump — Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn’t. – Forrest Gump

Stupid is as stupid does. - Forrest Gump — Stupid is as stupid does. – Forrest Gump

What’s normal anyways - Mrs. Gump — What’s normal anyways? – Mrs. Gump

Run, Forrest! Run! - Jenny Curran — Run, Forrest! Run! – Jenny Curran

6 Inspirational ‘Forrest Gump’ Quotes About Life

“Let me say this: being an idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they say folks supposed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you this – it ain’t always that way. Even so, I got no complaints, cause I reckon I done live a pretty interesting life, so to speak.”
Forrest Gump

My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on. - Forrest Gump — My Mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on. – Forrest Gump

Always be able to look back and say, at least I didn’t lead no humdrum life. - Forrest Gump — Always be able to look back and say, at least I didn’t lead no humdrum life. – Forrest Gump

God can hear my prayers, so I pray. - Forrest Gump — God can hear my **prayers**, so I pray. – Forrest Gump

Don’t ever let anybody tell you they’re better than you. - Mrs. Gump — Don’t ever let anybody tell you they’re better than you. – Mrs. Gump

Well, we’re all different. - Mrs. Gump — Well, we’re all different. – Mrs. Gump

10 ‘Forrest Gump’ Quotes About Love

“We walked around all night: just Jenny and me. Just talking, she told me all the traveling she’d done, how she discovered ways to “expand her mind and live in harmony,” which must be out west or somewhere because she made it out to California. It was a very special night for the two of us. I didn’t want it to end.”
Forrest Gump

Me and Jenny goes together like peas and carrots. - Forrest Gump — Me and Jenny goes together like peas and carrots. – Forrest Gump

I'm not a smart man but I know what love is. - Forrest Gump — I’m not a smart man but I know what **love** is. – Forrest Gump

You can't keep trying to rescue me all the time. - Jenny Curran — You can’t keep trying to rescue me all the **time**. – Jenny Curran

I’d always let her know that I was OK. Then I’d sign each letter, Love, Forrest Gump.. - Forrest Gump — I’d always let her know that I was OK. Then I’d sign each letter, “Love, Forrest Gump.”. – Forrest Gump

Will you marry me I’d make a good husband, Jenny. - Forrest Gump — Will you **marry** me? I’d make a good husband, Jenny. – Forrest Gump

I just wanted to tell you I love you. I’ll be right here when you get back. - Forrest Gump — I just wanted to tell you I love you. I’ll be right here when you get back. – Forrest Gump

You could come home with me, to my house in Greenbow, Jenny. I'll take care of you if you're sick. - Forrest Gump — You could come home with me, to my house in Greenbow, Jenny. I’ll take care of you if you’re sick. – Forrest Gump

I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. She was like an angel. - Forrest Gump — I had never seen anything so **beautiful** in my life. She was like an angel. – Forrest Gump

You don't wanna marry me. - Jenny Curran — You don’t wanna marry me. – Jenny Curran

7 ‘Forrest Gump’ Quotes About Family and Friendship

“Bubba was my best good friend. And even I know that ain’t something you can find just around the corner. Bubba was going to be a shrimping boat captain, but instead, he died right there by that river in Vietnam.”
Forrest Gump

If you do not like my family and friends, I do not want to hear anything about it. They may mean nothing to you, but they mean everything to me. - Forrest Gump — If you do not like my **family** and friends, I do not want to hear anything about it. They may mean nothing to you, but they mean everything to me. – Forrest Gump

I’m gonna lean up against you, and you just lean right back against me. - Bubba Blue — I’m gonna lean up against you, and you just lean right back against me. – Bubba Blue

“Anyway I guess you can say me and momma was on our own, but we didn’t mind our house was never empty: there was always folks coming and going sometimes we had so many people staying with us that every room was filled with travelers folks living out of their suit cases and hat cases and sample cases one time a handsome young man was staying with us he had himself a guitar case.”
Forrest Gump

You know why we’re a good partnership, Forrest Cause we are watching out for one another like brothers and stuff. - Bubba Blue — You know why we’re a good **partnership**, Forrest? Cause we are watching out for one another like **brothers** and stuff. – Bubba Blue

You did good, Momma. - Forrest Gump — You did good, Momma. – Forrest Gump

Come on people now. The smile on your brother. Everybody get together, try to love one another right now. - Forrest Gump — Come on people now. The smile on your brother. Everybody get together, try to love one another right now. – Forrest Gump

2 ‘Forrest Gump’ Quotes About Destiny

Well, I happen to believe you make your own destiny. - Mrs. Gump — Well, I happen to **believe** you make your own **destiny**. – Mrs. Gump

What's my destiny, Mama - Forrest Gump — What’s my destiny, Mama? – Forrest Gump

4 ‘Forrest Gump’ Quotes About Running

“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.”
Forrest Gump

Now you wouldn’t believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was goin’ somewhere, I was runnin’! - Forrest Gump — Now you wouldn’t believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was goin’ somewhere, I was **runnin**’! – Forrest Gump

Listen, you promise me something, OK Just if you're ever in trouble, don't be brave. You just run, OK Just run away. - Jenny Curran — Listen, you promise me something, OK? Just if you’re ever in trouble, don’t be **brave**. You just run, OK? Just run away. – Jenny Curran

I had run for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days and 16 hours. - Forrest Gump — I had run for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days and 16 hours. – Forrest Gump

7 ‘Forrest Gump’ Quotes on Military

“Now I don’t know much about anything. But I met some of America’s best young men who served in this war. There was Dallas, from Phoenix; Cleveland – he was from Detroit; and Tex… well, I don’t remember where Tex come from.”
Forrest Gump

They said it was a million dollar wound, but the army must keep that money. - Forrest Gump — They said it was a million dollar wound, but the army must keep that **money**. – 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. - 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. – Forrest Gump

The one thing I remember from Fort Benning is that they didn’t seem to be nobody much smarter than I was, which was certainly a relief. - Forrest Gump — The one thing I remember from Fort Benning is that they didn’t seem to be nobody much smarter than I was, which was certainly a relief. – Forrest Gump

The Army was really easy. You just have to stand up straight, make your bed real neat, and always answer every question with, ‘Yes, Drill Sergeant!’. - Forrest Gump — The Army was really easy. You just have to stand up straight, make your bed real neat, and always answer every question with, ‘Yes, Drill Sergeant!’. – Forrest Gump

The fact that I was too dumb to play college football did not seem to impress the United States Army none. - Forrest Gump — The fact that I was too dumb to play college football did not seem to impress the United States Army none. – Forrest Gump

Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of Fruit Company. - Forrest Gump — Lieutenant Dan got me **invested** in some kind of Fruit Company. – Forrest Gump

3 ‘Forrest Gump’ Quotes About China

When I was in China on the All-American ping pong team, I just loved playing ping-pong with my flexolite ping pong paddle. - Forrest Gump — When I was in China on the All-American ping pong team, I just loved playing ping-pong with my flexolite ping pong paddle. – Forrest Gump

And in China they never go to church. - Forrest Gump — And in China they never go to church. – Forrest Gump

In the land of China, people hardly got nothing at all. - Forrest Gump — In the land of China, people hardly got nothing at all. – Forrest Gump

27 Forrest Gump Quotes in the Movie (TOM HANKS)

“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…”
Forrest Gump

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

“I don’t remember being born, 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.”
Forrest Gump

The best thing about visiting the President is the food! Now, since it was all free, and I wasn't hungry but thirsty, I must've drank me fifteen Dr. Peppers. - Forrest Gump — The best thing about visiting the President is the food! Now, since it was all free, and I wasn’t hungry but thirsty, I must’ve drank me fifteen Dr. Peppers. – Forrest Gump

Aren't I going to be me - Forrest Gump — Aren’t I going to be me? – Forrest Gump

“It was so clear, Jenny. It looked like there were two skies one on top of the other. And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn’t tell where heaven stopped and earth began. It was beautiful.”
Forrest Gump

If there’s anything you need, I won’t be far away. - Forrest Gump — If there’s anything you need, I won’t be far away. – Forrest Gump

Mama says they was my magic shoes. They could take me anywhere. - Forrest Gump — Mama says they was my magic shoes. They could take me anywhere. – Forrest Gump

My name’s Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump. - Forrest Gump — My name’s Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump. – Forrest Gump

“But let me tell you this: sometimes at night when I look up at the stars and see the whole sky just laid out there, don’t you think I ain’t remembering it all. I still got dreams like anybody else, and ever so often, I am thinking about how things might have been. And then, all of a sudden, I’m forty, fifty, sixty years old, you know?”
Forrest Gump

When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go, you know, I went. - Forrest Gump — When I got tired, I **slept**. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go, you know, I went. – Forrest Gump

Sometimes, I guess there just aren’t enough rocks. - Forrest Gump — Sometimes, I guess there just aren’t enough rocks. – Forrest Gump

“All my own life, I ain’t understood anything about what was going on. A thing just happens, then something else happens, then something else, and so on, and half the time nothing making any sense.”
Forrest Gump

I’d never named a boat before, but there was only one I could think of, the most beautiful name in the wide world. - Forrest Gump — I’d never named a boat before, but there was only one I could think of, the most beautiful name in the wide world. – 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. - 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. – Forrest Gump

“Bubba then grabbed and hold of my leg and his eyes got all cloudy and that terrible pink sky seem to drain all the color in his face. He was trying to say something, and so I bent over real close to hear what it was. But I never could make it out. Bubba, he died, and that’s all I got to say about that.”
Forrest Gump

He never actually said so, but I think he made his peace with God. - Forrest Gump — He never actually said so, but I think he made his **peace** with God. – Forrest Gump

Well, so what I may be an idiot, but most of the time, anyway, I tried to do the right thing – a dream is just dreams, aren’t they - Forrest Gump — Well, so what? I may be an idiot, but most of the time, anyway, I tried to do the right thing – a dream is just dreams, aren’t they? – Forrest Gump

Then it felt like somethin' that had just jumped up and bit me. - Forrest Gump — Then it felt like somethin’ that had just jumped up and bit me. – Forrest Gump

I’m pretty tired. I think I’ll go home now. - Forrest Gump — I’m pretty tired. I think I’ll go home now. – Forrest Gump

Her dream had come true. She was a folk singer. - Forrest Gump — Her dream had come true. She was a folk singer. – Forrest Gump

Mama read it and began pulling her hair and weeping and praising the Lord, cause it says I am 'Temporarily Deferred' on account of I am a numbnuts. - Forrest Gump — Mama **read** it and began pulling her hair and weeping and praising the Lord, cause it says I am ‘Temporarily Deferred’ on account of I am a numbnuts. – Forrest Gump

We were always taking long walks, and we was always looking for a guy named Charlie. - Forrest Gump — We were always taking long walks, and we was always looking for a guy named Charlie. – Forrest Gump

I got to tell you, that if it weren't for that harmonica music, I might have just packed up and gone home, but it made me feel so good, I can hardly describe it. - Forrest Gump — I got to tell you, that if it weren’t for that harmonica **music**, I might have just packed up and gone home, but it made me feel so good, I can hardly describe it. – Forrest Gump

I’m sorry I had to fight in the middle of your Black Panther party. - Forrest Gump — I’m sorry I had to fight in the middle of your Black Panther party. – Forrest Gump

It was the happiest moment of my life. - Forrest Gump — It was the **happiest** moment of my life. – Forrest Gump

I got it just by doing what you told me to do. - Forrest Gump — I got it just by doing what you told me to do. – Forrest Gump

5 Jenny Curran Quotes in ‘Forrest Gump’

Dear God, make me a bird. So I could fly far. Far far away from here. - Jenny Curran — Dear God, make me a bird. So I could fly far. Far far away from here. – Jenny Curran

You can sit here if you want. - Jenny Curran — You can sit here if you want. – Jenny Curran

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind. The answer is blowin’ in the wind. - Jenny Curran — The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind. The answer is blowin’ in the wind. – Jenny Curran

I wish I could’ve been there with you. - Jenny Curran — I wish I could’ve been there with you. – Jenny Curran

Do you think I could fly off this bridge, Forrest - Jenny Curran — Do you think I could fly off this bridge, Forrest? – Jenny Curran

3 Mrs. Gump Quotes in ‘Forrest Gump’

I didn’t know it, but I was destined to be your Momma. I did the best I could. - Mrs. Gump — I didn’t know it, but I was destined to be your Momma. I did the best I could. – Mrs. Gump

I will miss you, Forrest. - Mrs. Gump — I will miss you, Forrest. – Mrs. Gump

Vacation’s when you go somewhere, and don’t ever come back. - Mrs. Gump — **Vacation’s** when you go somewhere, and don’t ever come back. – Mrs. Gump

7 Lieutenant Daniel Taylor Quotes in ‘Forrest Gump’

“Well, I’ll tell you, Forrest, all of these laws are not especially pleasing to us. But there are laws nonetheless. Like when a tiger pounces on a monkey in the jungle – bad for the monkey but good for the tiger. That is just the way it is.”
Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

There are two standing rules in this outfit. One, take care of your feet. Two, don’t go do something stupid like getting yourself killed! - Lieutenant Daniel Taylor — There are two standing rules in this outfit. One, take care of your feet. Two, don’t go do something stupid like getting yourself killed! – Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

I never thanked you for saving my life. - Lieutenant Daniel Taylor — I never thanked you for saving my life. – Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

I have suffered a loss, Forrest, far greater than my legs. It's my spirit, my soul. There is only a blank there now – medals where my soul used to be. - Lieutenant Daniel Taylor — I have suffered a loss, Forrest, far greater than my legs. It’s my spirit, my soul. There is only a blank there now – medals where my soul used to be. – Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

God is listening What a crock of sh. - Lieutenant Daniel Taylor — God is listening? What a crock of sh**. – Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

He said God is listening and if I found Jesus, I’d get to walk beside him in the kingdom of Heaven. - Lieutenant Daniel Taylor — He said God is listening and if I found Jesus, I’d get to walk beside him in the kingdom of Heaven. – Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Where are you boys from in the world - Lieutenant Daniel Taylor — Where are you boys from in the world? – Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

2 Bubba Blue Quotes in ‘Forrest Gump’

“Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it. There’s shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That, that’s about it.”
Bubba Blue