American Beauty quotes

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View Quote Carolyn: Well, I see you're smoking pot now. I think using psychotropic drugs is a very positive example to set for our daughter.
Lester: You're one to talk, you bloodless, money-grabbing freak.

View Quote It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.

View Quote Brad Dupree: Hey Les, you got a minute?
Lester: For you Brad? I've got five!
...
Ricky: Do you party?
Lester: Excuse me?
Ricky: Do you get high?

View Quote Angela: [referring to Ricky] Jane, he's a freak!
Jane: Then so am I! And we'll always be freaks and we'll never be like other people and you'll never be a freak because you're just too... perfect!

View Quote Angela: So, you're ****ing psycho-boy on a regular basis now? Tell me, has he got a big dick?
Jane: It's not like that.
Angela: What, hasn't he got one?
Jane: I'm not going to talk about his dick with you, OK?

View Quote Carolyn: Are you trying to look unattractive?
Jane: Yes.
Carolyn: Well, congratulations. You've succeeded admirably.

View Quote My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood; this is my street; this is my life. I am 42 years old; in less than a year I will be dead. Of course I don't know that yet, and in a way, I am dead already.

View Quote Angela: What do you want?
Lester: Are you kidding? I want you.

View Quote Mr. Smiley's Manager: I don't think you'd fit in here.
Lester: I have fast food experience.
Mr. Smiley's Manager: Yeah, like twenty years ago!
Lester: Well, I'm sure there have been amazing technological advances in the industry, but surely you must have some sort of training program. It seems unfair to presume I won't be able to learn.

View Quote Ricky: You're right, I suck dick for money.
Colonel Frank Fitts: Boy...
Ricky Fitts: Two thousand dollars, I'm that good.
Colonel Frank Fitts: Get out.
Ricky: And you should see me ****. I'm the best piece of ass in three states.
[Colonel Fitts threatens to hit Ricky]
Colonel Frank Fitts: Get out! I don't ever want to see you again.
Ricky: What a sad old man you are.

View Quote I feel like I've been in a coma for the past twenty years. And I'm just now waking up.

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 I don't think that there's anything worse than being ordinary.

View Quote This is not just a couch. This is a $4000 sofa upholstered in Italian silk!