QUOTES FROM GOOD WILL HUNTING

“You’re not perfect, sport, and let me save you the suspense: this girl you’ve met, she’s not perfect either. But the question is whether or not you’re perfect for each other.”

“Most people never get to see how brilliant they can be. They don’t find teachers like you.”

“You’re just a kid. You don’t have the faintest idea what you’re talkin’ about.”

“You’re sitting on a winning lottery ticket and you’re too much of a pussy to cash it in.”

“See, the sad thing about a guy like you is in 50 years, you’re gonna start doin’ some thinkin’ on your own and you’re gonna come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life: one, don’t do that, and two, you dropped a hundred and fifty grand on a fuckin’ education you coulda gotten for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library.”

“I swallowed all your little bullshit principles, and I’ve ended up with nothing!”

“You know, if I asked you about art, you’d probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. Michelangelo, you know a lot about him. Life’s work, political aspirations, him and the pope, sexual orientations, the whole works, right? But I’ll bet you can’t tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You’ve never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling.”

“You don’t know about real loss because that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself.”

“You know, I don’t know if I’m really pissed off or really jealous that you get to be so carefree, knowing that someone is going to take care of everything for you.”

“I had to go see about a girl.”

“Some people can never believe in themselves until someone believes in them.”

“But I think at that moment, my soul was still asleep, dreaming of you.”

“So if I asked you about art right now, you’d probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. You know, Michelangelo? You know a lot about him. Life’s work, political aspirations, him and the pope, sexual orientation, the whole works, right? But I’ll bet you can’t tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling.”

“You don’t know about real loss, because it only occurs when you’ve loved something more than you love yourself.” THE BEST QUOTES ABOUT READING

“You don’t owe it to yourself. You owe it to me. Because tomorrow I’m gonna wake up and I’ll be fifty. And I’ll still be doin’ this shit.”

“I’d ask you about love, you’d probably quote me a sonnet. But you’ve never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable.”

“Just because I fuck you, doesn’t mean I like you.”

“Some people, they’ll never find it. You don’t ever try and find it. It just gets handed to you.”

“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.”

“You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda’ got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.”

“It’s not about whether I care, genius. It’s about whether or not we can have a conversation without you referencing something I’d rather forget.”

“You’re not perfect, sport, and let me save you the suspense: this girl you’ve met, she’s not perfect either. But the question is whether or not you’re perfect for each other.”

“You’re just a kid, you don’t have the faintest idea what you’re talkin’ about.”

“Well, you’ve pushed me. And this is what I have to say to you: I could have you arrested for harassment.”

“So if I asked you about art, you’d probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. Michelangelo, you know a lot about him. Life’s work, political aspirations, him and the pope, sexual orientations, the whole works, right? But I’ll bet you can’t tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling.”

“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.”