Will you marry me? I'd make a good husband, Jenny.
You would, Forrest.
But you won't marry me.
You don't want to marry me.
Why don't you love me, Jenny? I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.
Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks · 76 quotes
Bubba Blue
Mykelti Williamson · 37 quotes
Jenny Curran
Robin Wright · 16 quotes
Lieutenant Dan Taylor
Gary Sinise · 10 quotes
Most scenes together: Forrest Gump & Bubba Blue (32), Forrest Gump & Jenny Curran (11), Jenny Curran & Bubba Blue (10)
Forrest Gump quotes
Page 2 of 6Bye-bye, Jenny. They sendin' me to Vietnam. It's this whole other country.
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.
Okay. Jenny, I'll write you all the time.
Do you ever dream, Forrest, about who you're gonna be?
Who I'm gonna be?
Yeah.
Aren't I going to be me?
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.
Forrest, I'm sick.
What, do you have a cough due to cold?
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.
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.
Would you marry me, Forrest?
Okay.
Have you ever been with a girl, Forrest?
I sit next to them in my home economics class all the time.
Hey, Forrest, were you scared in Vietnam?
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.
I wish I could have been there with you.
You were.
I love you.
You can't keep doing this, Forrest. You can't keep tryin' to rescue me all the time.
They was tryin' to grab you.
A lot of people try to grab me. Just... you can't keep doing this all the time!
I can't help it. I love you.
Forrest, you don't know what love is.
John F. Kennedy
Congratulations, how does it feel to be an All-American?
I gotta pee.
John F. Kennedy
[turning to camera]
I believe he said he had to go pee.
Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?
I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir.
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?
Well... Yes, sir, I do.
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.
You still are Lieutenant Dan.
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.
Okay!
Yea, but don't you be thinking that I'm going to be calling you 'sir'!
No, sir.
You must be my F.N.G.'s.
Morning', sir!
[They salute]
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?
I was born with big gums, sir.
Yeah, well, you better tuck that in. Gonna get that caught on a trip wire. Where you boys from in the world?
Alabama, sir!
You twins?
No, we are not relations, sir.
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?
[narrating]
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.
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.
I sure hope I don't let him down.
Lt. Dan Taylor
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!
Lyndon B. Johnson
[Putting medal on Forrest]
America owes you a debt of gratitude, son. Now I understand you were wounded. Where were you hit?
In the buttocks, Sir.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Oh, that must be a sight.
Lyndon B. Johnson
[Whispering to Forrest]
I'd like to see that.
Lyndon B. Johnson
[Forrest shows him; Johnson walks away embarrassed]
God damn, son!