Most scenes together: Forrest Gump & Bubba Blue (32), Forrest Gump & Jenny Curran (11), Jenny Curran & Bubba Blue (10)
Forrest Gump quotes
Page 1 of 6My momma always said, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."'
Note: ranked #40 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
I'm gonna lean up against you, you just lean right back against me. This way, we don't have to sleep with our heads in the mud. You know why we a good partnership, Forrest? 'Cause we be watchin' out for one another. Like brothers and stuff. Hey, Forrest, there's somethin' I've been thinkin' about. I got a very important question to ask you. How would you like to go into the shrimpin' business with me?
Okay.
Man, I tell you what, I got it all figured out, too. So many pounds of shrimp to pay off the boat, so many pounds for gas, we can just live right on the boat. We ain't got to pay no rent. I'll be the captain; we can just work it together. Split everything right down the middle. Man, I'm tellin' you, fifty-fifty. And, hey, Forrest, all the shrimp you can get.
That's a fine idea.
My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue, but people call me Bubba. Just like one of them ol' redneck boys. Can you believe that?
My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.
You understand this is the bus to school now, don't you?
Of course, and you're Dorothy Harris and I'm Forrest Gump.
Here he is, Forrest Gump, right here. Mr. Gump, have a seat. Forrest Gump, John Lennon.
John Lennon Welcome home.
You had quite a trip. Can you, uh, tell us, uh, what was China like?
In the land of China, people hardly got nothing at all.
John Lennon No possesions?
John Lennon No religion too?
Hard to imagine.
John Lennon Well, it's easy if you try, Dick.
Some years later, that nice young man from England was on his way home to see his little boy and was signing some autographs. For no particular reason at all, somebody shot him.
[Image of Lennon fades to snow]
Drill Sergeant Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army?
To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!
Drill Sergeant Goddammit, Gump! You're a goddamned genius! Thats the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamned gifted, Private Gump. Listen up, people...
Now for some reason I fit in the army like one of them round pegs. It's not really hard. You just make your bed real neat and remember to stand up straight and always answer every question with "Yes, drill sergeant."
Drill Sergeant ...Is that clear?
YES, DRILL SERGEANT!
Are you comin' along?
Momma said not to be taking rides from strangers.
This is the bus to school.
I'm Forrest Gump.
I'm Dorothy Harris.
Well, now we ain't strangers anymore.
If I'd a known this was gonna be the last time me and Bubba was gonna talk, I'd a thought of something better to say.
Hey, Bubba.
Hey, Forrest. Forrest, why'd this happen?
You got shot.
I wanna go home.
Bubba was my best good friend. And even I know that ain't something you can find just around the corner. Bubba was gonna be a shrimpin' boat captain, but instead he died right there by that river in Vietnam. That's all I have to say about that.
Hello. I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump.
Nobody gives a horse's shit who you are, pus ball! You're not even a low-life, scum-sucking maggot! Get your ****y ass on the bus, you're in the army now!
Hello. I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump.
Nobody gives a horse's shit who you are, fuzzball! You're not even a low-life, scum-sucking maggot! Get your ****y ass on the bus, you're in the Army now!
Recruit #1 Seat's taken.
Taken.
At first it seemed like I made a mistake, seeing how it was my induction day and I was already gettin' yelled at.
You can sit down... if you want to.
I didn't know who I might meet or what they might ask?
Have you ever been on a real shrimp boat?
No, but I've been on a real big boat.
I'm talkin' about a shrimp-catchin' boat. I've been workin' on shrimp boats all my life. I started out on my uncle's boat, that's my mother's brother, when I was maybe about nine. I was just lookin' into buyin' a boat of my own and got drafted. My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue, but people call me "Bubba." Just like one o' them ol' redneck boys; can you believe that?
My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.
So Bubba was from Bayou La Batre, Alabama, and his momma cooked shrimp. And her momma before her cooked shrimp. And her momma before her momma cooked shrimp, too. Bubba family knew everything there was to know about the shrimpin' business.
I know ever'thing there is to know about the shrimpin' business. Matter of fact, I'm goin' into the shrimpin' business for myself after I get out o' the Army.
Okay.
Hey, Forrest. Don't... I wanted to tell you I love you.
I love you too, Daddy.
I'll be right here when you get back.
I'm going to Heaven, Lieutenant Dan.
Well before you go, why don't you get your ass down to the corner and get us another bottle of wine.
Yes, sir.
Lieutenant Dan, what are you doing here?
I thought I'd try out my sea legs.
But you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Dan.
Yes, I know that.
What's the matter, Momma?
I'm dyin', Forrest. Come on in, sit down over here.
Why are you dyin', Momma?
It's my time. It's just my time. Oh, now, don't you be afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life. It's something we're all destined to do. I didn't know it, but I was destined to be your momma. I did the best I could.
You did good, Momma.
Well, I happened to believe you make your own destiny. You have to do the best with what God gave you.
What's my destiny, Momma?
You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get.
I will miss you, Forrest.
She had got the cancer and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it. And that's all I have to say about that.