20 Movie Quotes about 17 Years Old (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Dec 31, 2025

Memorable quotes about 17 years old, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Me and your mama did it in a Rustler Steak House bathroom when I was 17. And then you showed up.

Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2 Teenagers only. How old are you? -Uh, 17? -Huh! Your suit's older than that.

George O'Hanlon as George Jetson in The Jetsons

3 Seventeen. It doesn't seem to me that you've had time to be guilty of anything much except overeating.

Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

4 You want to end up like John? You just can't stay 17 forever. You've got to get that through your head!

Ron Howard as Steve Bolander in American Graffiti

5 Anyway, when I was 17, I packed my things, said something awful, and left. After a while, I wanted to come home, but I didn't know how. Made it back for the funeral, though.

Kevin Costner as Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams (1989)

6 I'm only 17 years old. I'm not ready to die yet.

Ally Sheedy as Jennifer Mack in WarGames (1983)

7 I've been drinking sour mash ever since. I was 17.

Roscoe Lee Browne as Jebediah Nightlinger in The Cowboys (1972)

8 Seventeen. That's a wonderful age. You've got your whole life ahead of you. But it's up to you what you make of it. -Yes, sir.

Frank Morgan as Hugo Matuschek in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

9 Linda, I listened most attentively the other day to our young dreamer, and I still must confess that the talk of the two of you seems to me of the 17-year-old variety. -I'm glad if it is. We're all grand at 17. It's after that, that sickness sets in.

Katharine Hepburn as Linda Seton in Holiday (1938)

10 You are 17 years old, you don't know anything about love.

Ryan Gosling as Noah Calhoun in The Notebook (2004)