Forrest Gump is an iconic movie that remains etched in people’s hearts. The movie presents a rollercoaster of emotions, tickling the audience with comical happenings and also making them sob with its more emotional scenes.
Forrest Gump includes several popular characters starting from Gump himself, Jenny, Bubba, Lieutenant Dan and more. These characters have their own moments throughout the film and vocalize quotes that are worth remembering.
This article will share with you the 50 best quotes from Forrest Gump movie that will inspire you, make you laugh, and also cause you to contemplate life more deeply.
1. “Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.” -Forrest Gump
2. “My mama always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” -Forrest Gump
3. “Stupid is as stupid does.” -Forrest Gump
4. “Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute 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
5. “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
6. “Run, Forrest! Run!”– Jenny Curran
7. “Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company [Apple computer]. So then I got a call from him, saying we don’t have to worry about money no more. And I said, that’s good! One less thing.” -Forrest Gump
8. “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
9. “That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run.” -Forrest Gump
10. “What’s normal anyways?” -Forrest Gump
11. “You have to do the best with what God gave you.” -Mrs. Gump
12. “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
13. “I never thanked you for saving my life.” -Lieutenant Daniel Taylor
14. “There’s only so much fortune a man really needs, and the rest is just for showin’ off.” -Forrest Gump
15. “Why don’t you love me Jenny? I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is.” -Forrest Gump
16. “Don’t ever let anybody tell you they’re better than you.” -Mrs. Gump
17. “Mama says they was my magic shoes. They could take me anywhere.” -Forrest Gump
18. “Sometimes, I guess there just aren’t enough rocks.” -Forrest Gump
19. “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
20. “Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?” -Lieutenant Daniel Taylor
21. “Hello. My name’s Forrest, Forrest Gump. You want a chocolate?” -Forrest Gump
22. “You know it’s funny what a young man recollects? B‘cause I don’t remember bein’ 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
23. “Me and Jenny goes together like peas and carrots.” -Forrest Gump
24. “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 think maybe it’s both. Maybe both are happening at the same time.” -Forrest Gump
25. “My mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.” -Forrest Gump
26. “God can hear my prayers, so I pray.” -Forrest Gump
27. “Jenny Curran: His name’s Forrest.
Forrest Gump: Like me.
Jenny Curran: I named him after his daddy.
Forrest Gump: He got a daddy named Forrest, too?
Jenny Curran: You’re his daddy, Forrest.” -Jenny Curran and Forrest Gump
28. “If there’s anything you need, I won’t be far away.” -Forrest Gump
29. “Forrest Gump: When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go, you know, I went.
Elderly Southern Woman: And so, you just ran?
Forrest Gump: Yeah.” -Elderly Southern Woman and Forrest Gump
30. “Well, now we ain’t strangers anymore.” -Dorothy Harris
31. “Will you marry me? I’d make a good husband, Jenny.” -Forrest Gump
32. “You know why we’re a good partnership, Forrest? Cause we are watching out for one another like brothers and stuff.” -Forrest Gump
33. “They said it was a million dollar wound, but the army must keep that money.” -Forrest Gump
34. “Mama always said you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes, where they’re going, where they’ve been.” -Forrest Gump
35. “My name’s Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.” -Forrest Gump
36. “The only good thing about being wounded in the buttocks, is the free ice cream.” -Forrest Gump
37. “I was a national celebrity, famouser even than Captain Kangaroo.” -Forrest Gump
38. “You know what I think. I think you should go home to Greenbow, Alabama!” -Forrest Gump
39. “If we each have a destiny or if we’re all just floating around accidental like, on a breeze. But I think, maybe it’s both.” -Forrest Gump
40. “That’s all I have to say about that.” -Forrest Gump
41. “Do you ever dream, Forrest, about who you’re gonna be?” -Jenny Curran
42. “When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go, you know, I went.”-Forrest Gump
43. “Mama always said dyin’ was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn’t.” -Forrest Gump
44. “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
45. “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
46. “Dear God, make me a bird. So I can fly far—far, far away from here.” -Forrest Gump
47. “I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I’d run to the end of town.” -Forrest Gump
48. “Some people don’t think miracles happen, well, they do.” -Forrest Gump
49. “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
50. “But you ain’t got no legs, Lieutenant Dan.” -Forrest Gump