Winston Groom > Quotes

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.”
― Winston Groom, Gump and Co.

“Stupid is as stupid does.”
― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

“I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is.”
― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

“I don't know if mama was right, that we each have a destiny, or if if was Lt Dan, that we are all just floating around, accidental, like on a breeze, but I think... I think... maybe... it's both happening at the same time.”
― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

“Run Forest, run!”
― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

“That's all I have to say about that.”
― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

“Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, bake it, sauté it, boil it, broil it. They's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp Creole, shrimp gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That-- that's about it.”
― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

“Now you wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running!”
― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

“It happens.”
― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

“For the first time in nearly twenty-five years, our country is having anything to do with the Chinamen, an it is an event far more important than any damn ping-pong game. It is diplomacy, and the future of the human race might be at stake. Do you understand what I am saying?"

I shrug my shoulders an nod my head, but something down in me sinkin' fast. I am jus' a po' ole idiot, an now I have got the whole human race to look after.”
― Winston Groom

“Mama read it an began pulling her hair an weepin an praisin the Lord, 'cause it say I am 'Temporarily Deferred' on account of I am a numbnuts.”
― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump