Memorable Quotes from
Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump: Will you marry me?
[Jenny turns and looks at him]
Forrest Gump: I'd make a good husband, Jenny.
Jenny Curran: You would, Forrest.
Forrest Gump: But you won't marry me.
Jenny Curran: You don't wanna marry me.
Forrest Gump: Why don't you love me, Jenny? I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.
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Jenny Curran: Run Forrest! Run!
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[young Jenny's father is chasing her through the fields to beat her when she stops and hides]
Young Jenny Curran: Dear God, make me a bird. So I could fly far. Far far away from here.
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Forrest Gump: My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
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Mrs. Gump: You have to do the best with what God gave you.
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Forrest Gump: Mama always said, dying was a part of life.
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Forrest Gump: Her dream had come true. She was a folk singer.
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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.
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Forrest Gump: Mama says they was magic shoes. They could take me anywhere.
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Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?
Forrest Gump: I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir.