Forrest Gump: 57 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Mar 23, 2026

Movie quotes spoken by Forrest Gump, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 She helped me learn how to read, and I showed her how to swing.

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

2 Have you found Jesus yet, Gump? -I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir.

Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), Lieutenant Dan Taylor (Gary Sinise) in Forrest Gump (1994)

3 I thought I was going back to Vietnam, but instead, they decided the best way for me to fight the Communists was to play Ping-Pong.

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

4 It was a bullet, wasn't it? -A bullet? -That jumped up and bit you. -Oh, yes, sir. Bit me directly in the buttocks.

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

5 Who I'm gonna be? -Yeah. -Aren't I going to be me?

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

6 Now, Bubba had told me everything he knew about shrimping, but you know what I found out? Shrimping is tough.

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

7 Whoa, man! You just ran through a big pile of dog _! -It happens. -What, _? -Sometimes.

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

8 Some years later, that nice young man from England was on his way home to see his little boy and was signing some autographs, and for no particular reason at all, somebody shot him.

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

9 Mama always said there's an awful lot you could tell about a person by their shoes: where they're going, where they've been.

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

10 Congratulations. How do you feel? -I gotta pee. -I believe he said he had to go pee.

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)