American Beauty quotes

97 total quotes

View Quote You cannot count on anyone except yourself.

View Quote Lester: When I was your age, I flipped burgers all summer just to be able to buy an eight-track.
Ricky: That sucks.
Lester: No, actually it was great. All I did was party and get laid. I had my whole life ahead of me.

View Quote [After Angela touches his muscles] You like muscles.

View Quote Look at me, jerking off in the shower — this will be the high point of my day. It's all downhill from here.

View Quote [To Lester after admitting her virginity] I still want to do it! I just...thought you should know in case you wondered why I wasn't...you know...better.

View Quote Man, oh man. Man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man. * [Last Words]

View Quote I refuse to be a victim!

View Quote I'm just an ordinary guy with nothing to lose.

View Quote You ungrateful little brat! Just look at everything you have. When I was your age, we... lived in a duplex! We didn't even have our own house!

View Quote You're one to talk, you bloodless, money-grubbing freak.

View Quote [to Buddy King] **** me, your majesty!

View Quote If people I don't even know look at me and want to **** me, it means I really have a shot at being a model.

View Quote In order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times.

View Quote I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts every time I bring a girlfriend home from school.

View Quote Lester: How's Jane?
Angela: What do you mean?
Lester: I mean, how's her life? Is she happy? Is she miserable? I'd really like to know, and she'd die before she'd ever tell me about it.
Angela: She's... she's really happy. She thinks she's in love.
Lester: Good for her.
Angela: How are you?
Lester: God, it's been a long time since anybody asked me that... I'm great.
Angela: I've gotta go to the bathroom.
Lester: I'm great.