Forrest Gump: Best lines and Quotes

Originally, I want to write a summary about the movie. But since the film is so extra ordinary I'm afraid I would not exhaust all the important scenarios and themes that are supposed to be mentioned.

So in this post I would just be posting some of the most important quotes and lines in the movie Forrest Gump. 

Some of them are serious, symbolic and some of them are funny, I hope this post will bring back memories of the film which exhibits hope and acceptance towards life. May all of us have a positive view in life.

1. "My mama always said, Life is like a box of chocolates, you'd never know what you're gonna get." (3:48)

2.  "My Mama always said, there's a lot you can tell about a person by their shoes, where they going’ Where they’d been.  I worn lot of shoes " (4:15)

3. "My mom said, that he named me Forrest, just to remind me that people just do things that don't make sense" 6:07

4. " Don't let anybody tell you that they are better than you forrest, if God intended everybody to be the same he'd have gives us all braces in our legs" 6:38

5. "Remember what I told you Forrest, You're no different than anybody else is. Did you hear what I told you Forrest, You're the same as everybody else, You are no different." 7:34

6. "What does normal mean anyway?" 8:26

7. "You know that some guy they called the king, he sung too many songs, and someday he had a heart attack, it must be too hard to be a king." 12:22

8. "You know, it's funny what a young man recollects, 'cause 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. I have never seen anything so beautiful in my life, she was like an angel."  13:40

9. "Stupid is as stupid does." 14:31

10. "Now, my mama always told me that miracles happen every day. Some people don't think so, but THEY DO.: 15:39

11. "From that day on, when I'm going somewhere, I was running." 17:14

12. "Her Daddy was some kind of a Farmer, he was a very loving man. He was always kissing and touching her and her sisters." 18:14

13.  "My mama said, that God was mysterious, he didn't turn Jenny into a bird that day, instead he had the police say Jenny didn't have to stay in that house no more. 19:20

14. "Run Forrest! Run!"

15. "Can you believe it? I got to go to college too." 21:40

16. "I bet that never happened in Home Economics" 29:00

17. "Kennedy: Congratulations, how does it feel do be in All-American Team?

Forrest: I gotta Pee."

18. "Have you ever been on a real shrimp boat?" 32:20

19. "Drill Sergeant: Gump!, What is our sole purpose in this army?!

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

    Drill Sergeant: God Damn it!, Gump! You're a goddamn Genius! That's the most outstanding words I've ever heard. You must have a goddamn IQ of 160!" 33:30

    20. "Bubba: What you do is, just drag your nets along the bottom. On a good day, you catch over 100 pounds of shrimp. If everything goes all right, two men shrimping 10 hours, less what you spend in gas, you can

Gump: Done, Drill sergeant!

Drill S.: Gump! Why did you put weapon together so quickly, Gump?!

Gump: You told me to, Drill Sergeant.

Drill S: Jesus Christ! This is a new company record. If it wouldn't be a waste of such damn fine enlisted man, I'd recommend you for OCS, Private Gump! You are gonna me a general someday gump!, Now, disassemble your weapon and continue.

Bubba: Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can Barbeque it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute' it. There are shrimp kebabs, shrimp Creole, Shrimp Gumbo, pan friend 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's…. that's about it." 35:15

21. "Bubba, my best good friend, even I know that ain't something you can find just around the corner. Bubba was gonna be a shrimping boat captain but instead he died right there by that river in Vietnam" 56:20

22. "Lieutenant Dan: They gave you the congressional medal of honor, They gave you the congressional medal of honor.  They gave you, an imbecile a moron who goes on television and makes a fool out of himself in front of the whole damn country, the congressional medal of honor

Bump: Yes sir.

Dan: Well' that's perfect, Yeah, well, I just got one thing to say to that. God damn bless America." 1:15:00

23. "Don't you just love new year? You can start all over. Everybody gets a second chance." 1:20:22 

24.  "I guess, lieutenant Dan figure out something that, there's some things you can't just change. He didn't want to be called crippled, just like I didn't want to be called stupid." 1:23:30

25. "You know, a few months later, they invited me and the Ping-Pong team to visit the White house. So I went "again" and I met the President of the United States, again." 1:24:5 

26: When I was in China on the All-America Ping-Pong team, I just loved playing Ping-Pong with my Flex-O-Light Ping-Pong paddle." (1:27:58)

27. Gump: No, shrimp

Dan: Where's that God of yours.

It’s funny when Lieutenant Dan said that, because after that God Showed up." 1:34:55

28. "He never actually said so, but I think he made his peace with God." 1:38:20

29. Mama: Don't be afraid sweetheart; death is just a part of life. I didn't know but I was destined to be your Mama, I did the best I could.

Gump: You did well Mama.

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

Gump: What's my destiny Mama?

Mama: You're going to have to figure that out yourself. Life is like a box of chocolate, Forrest. You never know what you're going to get. I will miss you Forrest" 1:41:00

30. "I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is"  1:49:24

31. "My mama said, You got to put the past behind you before you can move on. And I think that's what my running was all about." 1:57:36

32. "Jenny, I don't know if Mama was right, or if its 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 think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time. But I miss you Jenny, if there's anything you need I won't be far away."  2:12:10