“It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff.”

“I jumped 18 cars on a motorcycle, so I did almost everything.”

“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.”

“The secret of my success is my hairspray.”

“Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals.”

“We don't want any relationship! we just need someone who listen us, who is ready to do anything for us without saying no. In short we just need one slave!”

“That Damon Matthews, Linda spat. You know, take one letter out of his name and it spells damn as in damn, that kids a worthless sonovabitch.”