American Beauty quotes

View Quote I'm not obsessing. I'm just curious.

View Quote If people I don't even know look at me and want to **** me, it means I really have a shot at being a model.

View Quote In order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times.

View Quote It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I realized there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in.

View Quote It would be nice if I was nearly as important to him as she is...

View Quote It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.

View Quote It's that psycho next door. Jane, what if he worships you? What if he's got a shrine with pictures of you surrounded by dead people's heads and stuff?

View Quote Janie's a pretty typical teenager. Angry, insecure, confused. I wish I could tell her that's all going to pass, but I don't want to lie to her.

View Quote Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go **** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.

View Quote Look at me, jerking off in the shower — this will be the high point of my day. It's all downhill from here.

View Quote Look mom, I really don't feel like having a Kodak moment here, okay?

View Quote Man, oh man. Man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man. * [Last Words]

View Quote Mom, do we ALWAYS have to listen to this elavator music?

View Quote My dad thinks I paid for all this with catering jobs. Never underestimate the power of denial.

View Quote My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood; this is my street; this is my life. I am 42 years old; in less than a year I will be dead. Of course I don't know that yet, and in a way, I am dead already.