American Beauty Quotes: American Beauty is about the collapse and disintegration of a middle-class American family.
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1- “Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world I feel like I can’t take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.” –Lester Burnham , ‘American Beauty’.
2- “I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life.” –Lester Burnham , ‘American Beauty’.
3- “Both my wife and daughter think I’m this gigantic loser and they’re right, I have lost something. I’m not exactly sure what it is but I know I didn’t always feel this… sedated. But you know what? It’s never too late to get it back.”-Lester Burnham, ‘American Beauty’.
4- Remember those posters that said “Today is the first day of the rest of your life”? Well, that’s true of every day but one – the day you die.-Lester Burnham , ‘American Beauty’.
5- “I’m looking for the least possible amount of responsibility.”-Lester Burnham , ‘American Beauty’.
6- “It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you’ve forgotten about.” –Lester Burnham, ‘American Beauty’.
7- “I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn’t a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time… For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars… And yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined our street… Or my grandmother’s hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper… And the first time I saw my cousin Tony’s brand new Firebird.” –Lester Burnham, ‘American Beauty’.
8- “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.” –Lester Burnham, ‘American Beauty’.
9- “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.” –Lester Burnham, ‘American Beauty’.
10- “It’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst.” –Lester Burnham, ‘American Beauty’.
11- “Look at me, jerking off in the shower… This will be the high point of my day; it’s all downhill from here.” –Lester Burnham, ‘American Beauty’.
12- “That’s the day I realized that 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.” –Lester Burnham, ‘American Beauty’.
13- “For 14 years I’ve been a whore for the advertising industry. The only way I could save myself now is if I start firebombing.” –Lester Burnham, ‘American Beauty’.
14- “I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life.” –Lester Burnham, ‘American Beauty’.
15- “In order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times.” -Buddy Kane, ‘American Beauty’.
16- “If people I don’t even know look at me and want to fuck me, it means I really have a shot at being a model.”-Angela Hayes, ‘American Beauty’.
17- “I don’t think that there’s anything worse than being ordinary.” -Angela Hayes, ‘American Beauty’.
18- “She’s not your friend. She’s just someone you use to feel better about yourself.” – Ricky Fitss, ‘American Beauty’.
19- “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. Right? And this bag was just dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. That’s the day I realized that 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… I need to remember… Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can’t take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.”– Ricky Fitss, ‘American Beauty’.
20- – Lester Burnham: Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go fuck himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
– Carolyn Burnham: Your father seems to think this kind of behavior is something to be proud of.
– Lester Burnham: And your mother seems to prefer that I go through life like a fucking prisoner while she keeps my dick in a mason jar under the sink.
– Carolyn Burnham: How dare you speak to me that way in front of her? And I marvel that you can be so contemptuous of me, on the same day that you lose your job.
– Lester Burnham: Lose it? I didn’t lose it. It’s not like “Whoops! Where’d my job go?”. I quit. Someone pass the asparagus, please. –‘American Beauty’.
21- “- Carolyn Burnham: Are you trying to look unattractive?
– Jane Burnham: Yes.
– Carolyn Burnham: Well, congratulations. You’ve succeeded admirably.” –‘American Beauty’.
22- “- Lester Burnham: Well, what do you say I throw in a little sexual harassment charge, to boot?
– Brad Dupree: Against who?
– Lester Burnham: Against you. Can you prove that you didn’t offer to save my job if I let you blow me?
– Brad Dupree: Man, you are one twisted fuck.
– Lester Burnham: Nope; I’m just an ordinary guy with nothing to lose.” –‘American Beauty’.
23- “- Carolyn Burnham: Uh, whose car is that out front?
– Lester Burnham: Mine. 1970 Pontiac Firebird. The car I’ve always wanted and now I have it. I rule!” –‘American Beauty’.
24- “- Carolyn Burnham: Don’t you mess with me, mister, or I’ll divorce you so fast it’ll make your head spin!
– Lester Burnham: On what grounds? I’m not a drunk, I don’t fuck other women, I don’t mistreat you, I’ve never hit you… I don’t even try to touch you since you’ve made it so abundantly clear just how unnecessary you consider me to be! But I did support you when you got your license, and some people might think that entitles me to half of what’s yours. So, turn out the light when you come to bed!” –‘American Beauty’.
25- “Brad Dupree: Got a minute?
Lester Burnham: [Phony, overly polite voice] For you, Brad, I’ve got five!”-‘American Beauty’.
26- “- Lester Burnham: How’s Jane?
– Angela Hayes: What do you mean?
– Lester Burnham: I mean, how’s her life? Is she happy? Is she miserable? I’d really like to know, and she’d die before she’d ever tell me about it.
– Angela Hayes: She’s… she’s really happy. She thinks she’s in love.
– Lester Burnham: Good for her.” –‘American Beauty’.
27- “- Ricky Fitts: It’s like God’s looking right at you, just for a second, and if you’re careful… you can look right back.
– Jane Burnham: And what do you see?
– Ricky Fitts: Beauty.” –‘American Beauty’.
28- “- Colonel Frank Fitts: I’d rather you were dead than be a fuckin’ faggot.
– Ricky Fitts: You’re right. I suck dick for money.
– Colonel Frank Fitts: Boy, don’t start.
– Ricky Fitts: Two thousand dollars – I’m that good.
– Colonel Frank Fitts: Get out!
– Ricky Fitts: And you should see me fuck. I’m the best piece of ass in three States.
– Colonel Frank Fitts: Get out. I don’t ever want to see you again!
– Ricky Fitts: What a sad old man you are.” –‘American Beauty’.
29- “- Carolyn Burnham: Lester, I refuse to live like this! This is not a marriage!
– Lester Burnham: This hasn’t been a marriage for years, but you were happy as long as I kept my mouth shut. Well, guess what, I’ve changed! And the new me whacks off when he feels horny, ’cause you’re obviously not gonna help me out in that department!” –‘American Beauty’.
30- “- Angela Hayes: How are you?
– Lester Burnham: God, it’s been a long time since anybody asked me that… I’m great.
– Angela Hayes: I’ve gotta go to the bathroom.
– Lester Burnham: … I’m great.” –‘American Beauty’.
31- “- Colonel Frank Fitts: Your wife is with another man and you don’t care?
– Lester Burnham: Nope. Our marriage is just for show. A commercial for how normal we are when we’re anything but.” –‘American Beauty’.
32- “- Angela Hayes: At least I’m not ugly!
– Ricky Fitts: Yes, you are. And you’re boring, and you’re totally ordinary, and you know it.” –‘American Beauty’.
33- “- Mr. Smiley’s Manager: I don’t think you’d fit in here.
– Lester Burnham: I have fast food experience.
– Mr. Smiley’s Manager: Yeah, like twenty years ago!
– Lester Burnham: Well, I’m sure there have been amazing technological advances in the industry, but surely you must have some sort of training program. It seems unfair to presume I won’t be able to learn.” –‘American Beauty’.
34- “- Carolyn Burnham: Buddy, this is my…
– Lester Burnham: Her husband. We’ve met before, but something tells me you’re going to remember me this time.” –‘American Beauty’.
35- – Carolyn Burnham: You were masturbating!
– Lester Burnham: I was not.
– Carolyn Burnham: Yes you were!
– Lester Burnham: Oh, all right! So shoot me, I was whacking off! That’s right, I was choking the bishop, chafing the carrot, you know, saying “hi” to my monster! –‘American Beauty’.
