“Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.”

“Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.”

“The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.”

“Our modern world defined God as a ‘religious complex’ and laughed at the Ten Commandments as OLD FASHIONED. Then, through the laughter came the shattering thunder of the World War. And now a blood-...”

“Motion pictures are the most important contribution to literature and art since the invention of fiction.”

“Who can tell what the years of the future will bring to the art of the motion picture in view of the amazing progress of the past few years.”

“Civilisation and the life of nations are governed by the same laws as prevail throughout nature and organic life.”

“So the next day I asked Dan how is it that Bubba can get killed, and what kind of half assed nature law would allow that. He thought about it for a while, and said, 'Well, I'll tell you, Forrest, a...”

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.”

“Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal...”

“Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.”

“Never think that you need to protect God. Because anytime you think you need to protect God, you can be sure that you are worshipping an idol.”