American Beauty quotes

97 total quotes

View Quote [To Barbara] Mom...I wish things could have been better for you. Take care of Dad.

View Quote [Answering Ricky's question if she wants him to kill Lester] Yeah. Would you?

View Quote [To Lester] What do you expect? You can't just suddenly become my best friend because you've had a bad day! I mean, come on...you've barely spoken to me for months.

View Quote [To Ricky Fitts] I think you just became my personal hero!

View Quote My dad thinks I paid for all this with catering jobs. Never underestimate the power of denial.

View Quote Well then, I guess I'm not a very nice girl then, am I?

View Quote Look mom, I really don't feel like having a Kodak moment here, okay?

View Quote Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go **** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.

View Quote Dad! You stare at her all the time! Like you're drunk! It's disgusting!

View Quote It's that psycho next door. Jane, what if he worships you? What if he's got a shrine with pictures of you surrounded by dead people's heads and stuff?

View Quote Ricky: Mom, I don't eat bacon.
Barbara: I'm sorry, I must have forgotten...

View Quote We have a very healthy relationship.

View Quote I quit. So you don't have to pay me. Now leave me alone.

View Quote Smile! You're at Mr. Smiley's.

View Quote Ricky: You know, that's not a very nice thing to do. Hiring somone to kill your dad.
Jane: Well then I guess I'm not a very nice girl then, am I?