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

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

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

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

View Quote Lester: So Janie, how was school?
Jane: It was okay.
Lester: Just okay?
Jane: [sarcastically] No dad, it was spectacular.

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

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

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?

View Quote [To Lester] Honey, don't be weird!

View Quote [To Frank, with blood in his mouth] No sir, I won't fight you!