Forrest Gump quotes from Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump

Hello. My name's Forrest, Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump

My 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.

Forrest Gump

Stupid is as stupid does.

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And that's all I have to say about that.

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And just like that, my...

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Momma always says there's an awful lot you could tell about a person by their shoes. Where they're going. Where they've been. I've worn lots of shoes. I bet if I think about it real hard I could remember my first pair of shoes. Momma said they'd take me anywhere. She said they was my magic shoes.

Forrest Gump

Now, when I was a baby, Momma named me after the great Civil War hero, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. She said we was related to him in some way. And, what he did was, he started up this club called the Ku Klux Klan. They'd all dress up in their robes and their bedsheets and act like a bunch of ghosts or spooks or something. They'd even put bedsheets on their horses and ride around. And anyway, that's how I got my name, Forrest Gump. Momma said that the Forrest part was to remind me that sometimes we all do things that, well, just don't make no sense.

Forrest Gump

We lived about a quarter mile off Route 17, about a half mile from the town of Greenbow, Alabama. That's in the county of Greenbow. Our house had been in Momma's family since her grandpa's grandpa's grandpa had come across the ocean about a thousand years ago. Something like that. Since it was just me and Momma and we had all these empty rooms, Momma decided to let those rooms out. Mostly to people passing through. Like from, oh, Mobile, Montgomery, place like that. That's how me and Momma got money. Momma was a real smart lady.

Forrest Gump

Me and Jenny was like peas and carrots.

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He was a very loving man. He was always kissing and touching her and her sisters.

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Now, it used to be, I ran to get where I was going. Now I didn't know it would ever take me anywhere.

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College ran by real fast 'cause I played so much football. They even put me on a thing called the All-America Team where you get to meet the President of the United States. Now, the real good thing about meeting the President of the United States is the food. They put you in this little room with just about anything you'd want to eat or drink. And, since number one; I wasn't hungry, but thirsty. And number two; they was free. I must o' drank me about fifteen Dr Peppers.

Forrest Gump

Her dream had come true. She was a folk singer.

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Now, they told us that Vietnam was gonna be very different from the United States of America. Except for all the beer cans and the barbecue, it was.

Forrest Gump

No. We are not relations, sir.

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I got to see a lot of countryside. We would take these real long walks.

Forrest Gump

Lt. Dan, ice cream!

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We was always looking for some guy named Charlie.

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I GOTTA FIND BUBBA!

Forrest Gump

Now, I don't know much about anything, but I think some of American's best young men served in this war. There was Dallas, from Phoenix. Cleveland, he was from Detroit. And Tex was, well, I don't remember where Tex come from.

Forrest Gump

Bubba was my best good friend, I had to make sure he was okay. And on my way back to find Bubba, well, there was this boy laying on the ground. I couldn't just let him lay there all alone, scared the way he was. So I grabbed him up and run him out of there. And every time I went back looking for Bubba, somebody else was saying, "Help me, Forrest. Help me."

Forrest Gump

For some reason, ping-pong came very natural to me, so I started playing it all the time. I played ping-pong even when I didn't have anyone to play ping-pong with. The hospital's people said it made me look like a duck in water, whatever that means. Even Lieutenant Dan would come and watch me play. I played ping-pong so much, I even played it in my sleep.

Forrest Gump

Sorry I had a fight in the middle of your Black Panther party.

Forrest Gump

Know what I think? You should go home to Greenbow, ALABAMA!

Forrest Gump

I thought I was going back to Vietnam, but instead, they decided the best way for me to fight communists was to play ping-pong. So I was in the Special Services, traveling around the country, cheering up all them wounded veterans and showing them how to play ping-pong. I was so good that some years later the Army decided I should be on the All-American Ping-Pong Team. We were the first Americans to visit the land of China in, like, a million years or something like that, and somebody said that world peace was in our hands. But all I did was play ping-pong. When I got home, I was national celebrity. More famous even than Captain Kangaroo.

Forrest Gump

I am not a smart man, but I know what love is.

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Mamma said you gotta' put the past behind you before you can move on.

Forrest Gump

Mamma said stupid is as stupid does!

Forrest Gump

After that, shrimpin' was easy. And since people still needed them shrimps for shrimp cocktails and barbecues and all. And since we were the only boat left standing, "Bubba-Gump" shrimp's what they got. We got a whole bunch of boats. Twelve Jenny's, a big ol' warehouse, we even have hats that says "Bubba-Gump" on 'em. "Bubba-Gump Shrimp." It's a household name.

Forrest Gump

Yes, sir. We've got more money than Davy Crockett.

Forrest Gump

He never actually said so, but I think he made his peace with God.

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Now, because I had been a football star, and a war hero, and a national celebrity, and a shrimpin' boat captain, and a college graduate, the city of fathers of Greenbow, Alabama, decided to get together and offered me a fine job. So, I never went back to work for Lieutenant Dan. Though he did take care of my Bubba-Gump money. He got me invested in some kind of fruit company. And so then I got a call from him saying we don't have to worry about money no more and I said, "That's good. One less thing". Now, Momma said there's only so much fortune a man really needs and the rest is just for showing off. So, I gave a whole bunch of it to the Four Square Gospel Church and I gave a whole bunch to the Bayou La Batre Fishing Hospital. And even though Bubba was dead, and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts, I gave Bubba's momma Bubba's share. And you know what? She didn't have to work in nobody's kitchen no more. And 'cause I was gazillionaire and I liked doing it so much, I cut that grass for free.

Forrest Gump

Jenny came back and stayed with me. Maybe it was because she had nowhere else to go. Or may be it was because she was so tired, because she went to bed and slept and slept like she hadn't slept in years. It was wonderful having her home. Every day we'd take a walk, and I'd jabber on like a monkey in a tree and she'd listen about ping-pong and shrimpin' boats and Momma makin' a trip to Heaven. I did all the talkin'. Jenny most of the time was real quiet.

Forrest Gump

Sometimes I guess there just aren't enough rocks.

Forrest Gump

And that's all I have to say about that.

Forrest Gump

I'm pretty tired... I think I'll go home now.

Forrest Gump

That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd just run across Greenbow County. And I figured, since I run this far, maybe I'd just run across the great state of Alabama. And that's what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. For no particular reason I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well turn around, just keep on going. When I got to another ocean, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well just turn back, keep right on going. When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go... you know... I went.

Forrest Gump

You died on a Saturday morning and I had you placed here under our tree. And I had that house of your father's bulldozed to the ground. Momma always said dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. Little Forrest, he's doing just fine. About to start school again soon. I make his breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. I make sure he combs his hair and brushes his teeth every day. Teaching him how to play ping pong. He's really good. We fish a lot. And every night, we read a book. He's so smart, Jenny. You'd be so proud of him. I am. He, uh, wrote a letter, and he says I can't read it. I'm not supposed to, so I'll just leave it here for you. Jenny, I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time. I miss you, Jenny. If there's anything you need, I won't be far away.

Forrest Gump

They said it was a million-dollar wound, but the army must keep that money cuz I ain't seen a nickel of that million dollars.

Forrest Gump

Then it felt like somethin' just jumped up and bit me! [A muzzle flash is briefly visible from the trees as a gunshot rings out; Forrest is hit in the rear] OW! SOMETHING BIT ME!

Forrest Gump

I remember the bus ride on the first day of school very well.

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.

This seat's taken.

It's taken!

You can't sit here.

Forrest

You know, it's funny what a young man recollects. 'Cause I don't remember being born. I, I don't recall what I got for my first Christmas and I don't know when I went on my first outdoor picnic. But, I do remember the first time I heard the sweetiest voice in the wide world.

You can sit here if you want.

Forrest Gump

I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. She was like an angel.

Well, are you gonna sit down, or aren't ya? [Young Forrest sits down next to Jenny] What's wrong with your legs?

Um, nothing at all, thank you. My legs are just fine and dandy.

Then why do you have those shoes on?

Momma says my back is as crooked at a question mark

Forrest Gump

I just sat next to her on that bus and had conversation all the way to school. And next to Momma, no one ever talked to me or asked me questions.

Are you stupid or something?

Momma says stupid is as stupid does.

I'm Jenny.

I'm Forrest . Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump

From that day on, we was always together. Jenny and me was like peas and carrots.

Congratulations, how does it feel to be an All-American?

Forrest Gump

I gotta pee.

I believe he said he had to go pee.

Jenny

Do you ever dream, Forrest, about who you're gonna be?

Forrest Gump

Who I'm gonna be?

Jenny

Yeah.

Forrest Gump

Aren't I going to be me?

Jenny

Well, you'll always be you, just another kind of you. You know? I want to be famous. I want to be a singer like Joan Baez. I just want to be an empty stage with my guitar, my voice... just me. And I want to reach people on a personal level. I want to be able to say things, just one-to-one.

Jenny

Have you ever been with a girl, Forrest?

Forrest Gump

I sit next to them in my home economics class all the time.

Forrest Gump

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!

Bubba

My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue, but people call me Bubba. Just like one of them ol' redneck boys. Can you believe that?

Forrest Gump

My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.

Drill Sergeant

Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army?

Forrest Gump

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...

Forrest Gump

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?

Forrest Gump

YES, DRILL SERGEANT!

Jenny

You can't keep doing this, Forrest. You can't keep tryin' to rescue me all the time.

Forrest Gump

They was tryin' to grab you.

Jenny

A lot of people try to grab me. Just... you can't keep doing this all the time!

Forrest Gump

I can't help it. I love you.

Jenny

Forrest, you don't know what love is.

Forrest

Bye-bye, Jenny. They sendin' me to Vietnam. It's this whole other country.

Jenny

Listen, you promise me something, okay? Just if you're ever in trouble, don't try to be brave, you just run, okay? Just run away.

Forrest

Okay. Jenny, I'll write you all the time.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

You must be my F.N.G.'s.

Bubba and Forrest Gump

Morning', sir!

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Ho! Get your hands down. Do not salute me. There are goddamned snipers all around this area who would love to grease an officer. I'm Lieutenant Dan Taylor. Welcome to Fourth Platoon. [Lieutenant Dan looks at Bubba] What's wrong with your lips?

Bubba

I was born with big gums, sir.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Yeah, well, you better tuck that in. Gonna get that caught on a trip wire. Where you boys from in the world?

Bubba and Forrest Gump

Alabama, sir!

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

You twins?

Forrest Gump

No, we are not relations, sir.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Look, it's pretty basic here. You stick with me, you learn from the guys who been in country awhile, you'll be right. There is one item of G.I. gear that can be the difference between a live grunt and a dead grunt. Socks, cushion, sole, O.D. green. Try and keep your feet dry when we're out humpin'. I want you boys to remember to change your socks wherever we stop. The Mekong will eat a grunt's feet right off his legs. Sergeant Sims! Goddamnit, where is that sling-rope I told you to order?

Forrest Gump

Lieutenant Dan sure knew his stuff. I felt real lucky he was my lieutenant. He was from a long, great military tradition. Somebody in his family had fought and died in every single American war. I guess you could say he had a lot to live up to.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

So, you boys are from Arkansas, huh? Well, I've been through there. Little Rock's a fine town. Now, go shake down your gear, see the platoon sergeant, draw what you need for the field. If you boys are hungry, we got steaks burnin' right here. Two standing orders in this platoon. One, take good care of your feet. Two, try not to do anything stupid, like gettin' yourself killed.

Forrest Gump

I sure hope I don't let him down.

Bubba

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?

Forrest Gump

Okay.

Bubba

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.

Forrest Gump

That's a fine idea.

Forrest Gump

Bubba did have a fine idea.

Forrest Gump

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.

Forrest Gump

Hey, Bubba.

Bubba

Hey, Forrest. Forrest, why'd this happen?

Forrest Gump

You got shot.

Forrest

Then Bubba said something I won't even forget.

Bubba

I wanna go home.

Forrest Gump

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.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Now, you listen to me. We all have a destiny. Nothing just happens, it's all part of a plan. I should have died out there with my men! But now, I'm nothing but a goddamned cripple! A legless freak. Look! Look! Look at me! Do you see that? Do you know what it's like not to be able to use your legs?

Forrest Gump

Well... Yes, sir, I do.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Did you hear what I said?! You cheated me. I had a destiny. I was supposed to die in the field! With honor! That was my destiny! And you cheated me out of it! You understand what I'm saying, Gump?! This wasn't supposed to happen. Not to me. I had a destiny. I was Lieutenant Dan Taylor.

Forrest Gump

You still are Lieutenant Dan.

America owes you a debt of gratitude, son. Now I understand you were wounded. Where were you hit?

Forrest Gump

In the buttocks, Sir.

Oh, that must be a sight.

I'd like to see that.

God damn, son!

Forrest Gump

I want you to have this.

Jenny

Forrest, I can't keep this.

Forrest Gump

I got it just by doing what you told me to do.

Jenny

Why're you so good to me?

Forrest Gump

You're my girl.

Jenny

I'll always be your girl.

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?

Forrest Gump

In the land of China, people hardly got nothing at all.

John Lennon

No possesions?

Forrest Gump

And in China, they never go to church.

John Lennon

No religion too?

Hard to imagine.

John Lennon

Well, it's easy if you try, Dick.

Forrest Gump

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]

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?

Forrest Gump

I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir.

Forrest Gump

I'm going to Heaven, Lieutenant Dan.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Well before you go, why don't you get your ass down to the corner and get us another bottle of wine.

Forrest Gump

Yes, sir.

Security, Frank Wills.

Forrest Gump

Yeah, sir, you might want to send a maintenance man over to that office across the way. The lights are off, and they must be looking for the fuse box or something, 'cause them flashlights they're, they're keeping me awake.

Okay, sir. I'll check it out.

Forrest Gump

Thank you.

I have your discharge papers. Your service is up, son.

Forrest Gump

Does this mean I can't play ping pong no more?

For the Army it does.

Forrest Gump

And just like that, my service in the United States Army was over. So I went home.

Forrest Gump

Lieutenant Dan, what are you doing here?

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

I thought I'd try out my sea legs.

Forrest Gump

But you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Dan.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Yes, I know that.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Well, well, Captain Forest Gump. I had to see the for myself... and... I told you if you were ever a Shrimp-Boat Captain, I'd be your first mate. Well, here I am; I am a man of my word.

Forrest Gump

Okay!

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Yea, but don't you be thinking that I'm going to be calling you 'sir'!

Forrest Gump

No, sir.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor

Where the hell's this God of yours?

Forrest Gump

It's funny Lieutenant Dan said that, 'cause right then, God showed up.

Forrest Gump

What's the matter, Momma?

I'm dyin', Forrest. Come on in, sit down over here.

Forrest Gump

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.

Forrest Gump

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.

Forrest Gump

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.

Forrest Gump

Momma always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.

I will miss you, Forrest.

Forrest Gump

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.

Forrest Gump

Will you marry me? I'd make a good husband, Jenny.

Jenny

You would, Forrest.

Forrest Gump

But you won't marry me.

Jenny

You don't want to marry me.

Forrest Gump

Why don't you love me, Jenny? I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.

For the fourth time on his journey across America, Forrest Gump, gardener from Greenbow, Alabama, is about to cross the Mississippi River again today.

Jenny

I'll be damned. Forrest.

Sir, why are you running?

Why are you running?

Are you doing this for world peace?

Are you doing this for women's right?

Or for the environment?

Or for animals?

Or for nuclear arms?

Forrest Gump

They just couldn't believe that somebody would do all that running for no particular reason.

Why are you doing this?

Forrest Gump

I just felt like running.

Forrest Gump

I just felt like running.

It's you. I can't believe it's really you!

Forrest Gump

Now, for some reason what I was doing seemed to make sense to people.

I mean, it was like an alarm went off in my head, you know. I said, here's a guy that's got his act together. Here's somebody who's got it, all figured out. Here's somebody who has the answer. I'll follow you anywhere, Mr. Gump.

Forrest Gump

So, I got company. And after that I got more company. And then even more people joined in. Somebody later told me it gave people hope. Now, I don't know anything about that, but some of those people asked me if I could help them out.

Hey, man, hey, listen. I was wondering if you might help me, huh? Listen, I'm in the bumper sticker business and I've been trying to think up a good slogan. And since you have been such a big inspiration to the people around here, I thought you might be able to help me jump into... Whoa! Man, you just ran through a big pile of dog shit!

Forrest Gump

It happens.

What? Shit?

Forrest Gump

Sometimes.

Forrest Gump

And some years later I heard that fella did come up with a bumper sticker slogan and he make a lot of money off of it. Another time I was running along, somebody who had lost all his money in the T-shirt business, and he wanted to put my face on a T-shirt, but he couldn't draw that well and he didn't have a camera.

Here, use this one. Nobody likes that color anyway.

Forrest Gump

Have a nice day.

Forrest Gump

And some years later I found out that that man did come up with a idea for a T-shirt and he made a lot of money off of it. Anyway, like I was saying, I had a lot of company. My Momma always said you got to put the past behind you before you can move on. And I think that's what my running was all about. I had run for three years, two months, fourteen days, and sixteen hours.

Quiet! Quiet, he's gonna say something.

Forrest Gump

I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now.

Now what are we supposed to do?

Forrest Gump

And just like that, my running days was over. So, I went home to Alabama.

Jenny

Forrest, I'm sick.

Forrest

What, do you have a cough due to cold?

Jenny

I have some kind virus. And the doctors don't, they don't know what it is. And there isn't anything they can do about it.

Forrest

You could come home with me. Jenny, you and little Forrest could come stay at my house in Greenbow. I'll take care of you if you're sick.

Jenny

Would you marry me, Forrest?

Forrest

Okay.

Jenny

Hey, Forrest, were you scared in Vietnam?

Forrest

Yes. Well, I, I don't know. Sometimes it would stop raining long enough for the stars to come out. And then it was nice. It was like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou there was over a million sparkles on the water. Like that mountain lake. It was so clear, Jenny. It looks like there were two skies, one on top of the other. And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn't tell where heavens stopped and the earth began. It was so beautiful.

Jenny

I wish I could have been there with you.

Forrest

You were.

Jenny

I love you.

Forrest Gump

Hey, Forrest. Don't... I wanted to tell you I love you.

I love you too, Daddy.

Forrest Gump

I'll be right here when you get back.

You understand this is the bus to school now, don't you?

Forrest Jr.

Of course, and you're Dorothy Harris and I'm Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump

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.

Forrest Gump

At first it seemed like I made a mistake, seeing how it was my induction day and I was already gettin' yelled at.

Bubba Blue

You can sit down... if you want to.

Forrest Gump

I didn't know who I might meet or what they might ask?

Bubba Blue

Have you ever been on a real shrimp boat?

Forrest Gump

No, but I've been on a real big boat.

Bubba Blue

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?

Forrest Gump

My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.

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.

Bubba Blue

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.

Forrest Gump

Okay.

Forrest Gump

Done, Drill Sergeant!

Drill Sergeant

GUMP! [Hurrying over] Why did you put that weapon together so quickly, Gump?!

Forrest Gump

You told me to, Drill Sergeant.

Drill Sergeant

Jesus H. Christ! This is a new company record. If it wouldn't be a waste of such a damn fine enlisted man, I'd recommend you for OCS, Private Gump! You are gonna be a general someday, Gump! Now, disassemble your weapon and continue!

There are two standing rules in this outfit. One, take care of your feet. Two, don't go doing something stupid, like getting yourself killed!

Forrest Gump

I sure hope I don't let him down.

Jenny

Isn't he beautiful?

Forrest Gump

He's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen...but... [uneasily] is- is he s- smart, or is he... [gesturing towards self]

Jenny

He's very smart. He's one of the smartest in his class.
[Forrest, though holding back tears, sighs in relief]