American Beauty Quotes

“I’m serious though, how could he not be damaging me. I need a father who’s a role model”

“I’m serious though, how could he not be damaging me. I need a father who’s a role model”

Jane

“In a way, I’m dead already”

Lester

“Man, I get exhausted just watching her. She wasn’t always like this, she used to be happy, we used to be happy.”

Lester

“I know I didn’t always feel like this…sedated, but you know what, it’s never late to get it back.”

Lester

“I’m so sick of people taking their insecurities out on me.”

Angela

“I will sell this house today.”

Carolyn

“It’s the weirdest thing. I feel like I’ve been in a coma for about 20 years and I’m now waking up.”

Lester

“There’s nothing worse in life than being ordinary.”

Angela

“This country is going straight to hell.”

Colonel Fitz

“Im not obsessing; I’m just curious.”

Ricky

“My business is selling an image, and part of my job is to live that image.”

Carolyn

“Welcome to America’s weirdest home videos.”

Ricky

“This hasn’t been a marriage for years, but you were happy as long as I kept my mouth shut.”

Lester

“It’s a great thing when you realize that you still have the ability to surprise yourself.”

Lester

“My Dad thinks I pay for all of this with catering jobs; never underestimate the power of denial.”

Ricky

“I’m just an ordinary guy with nothing to lose.”

Lester

“In order to be successful one must project an image of success at all times.”

Buddy Kane

“I was filming this dead bird…because it’s beautiful.”

Ricky

"When you see something like that it's like God's looking right at you, just for a second and if you're careful you can look right back.”

Ricky

“And what do you see?”

Jane

“Beauty.”

Ricky

“Do you want to see the most beautiful thing I’ve ever filmed?”

Ricky

"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."

Ricky

"Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it and I feel like my heart is just going to cave in."

Ricky

“I rule.”

Lester

"You're old enough now to learn the most important lesson in life: you cannot count on anyone except yourself."

Carolyn

"This is for your own good."

Colonel Fitz

"It's just a couch. This isn't life. This is just stuff and it's become more important to you than living. Well honey that's just nuts."

Lester

“You need structure. You need discipline.”

Colonel Fitz

“No, you don’t get to tell me what to do ever again.”

Lester

“Get out! I don’t ever want to see you again.”

Colonel Fitz

“What a sad old man you are.”

Ricky

“Wear a rain coat.”

Mrs. Fitz

“I refuse to be a victim.”

Carolyn

“Wow, I was starving.”

Angela

“Man oh man. Man oh man oh man.”

Lester

“I'd always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die."

Lester

"I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me but 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... And then 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