American Beauty is one of the best movies ever. Remember it with American Beauty Quotes. These are the best quotes from American Beauty

American Beauty Quotes

Lester Burnham
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
Our marriage is just for show. A commercial for how normal we are when we’re anything but.


Ricky Fitts
She’s not your friend. She’s just someone you use to feel better about yourself.

Jane Burnham
I know you think my dad’s harmless, but you’re wrong.

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Ricky Fitts
Welcome to America’s weirdest home videos.

Carolyn Burnham

Oh, you don’t complain? Then I must be psychotic, then! What is this? Yeah, let’s bring in the laugh-meter and see how loud it gets.

Carolyn Burnham
Don’t you mess with me, mister, or I’ll divorce you so fast it’ll make your head spin!

Lester Burnham
Both my wife and daughter think I’m this gigantic loser.

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Ricky Fitts
My dad thinks I paid for all this with catering jobs. Never underestimate the power of denial.

Carolyn Burnham
Well, I see you’re smoking pot now. I think using psychotropic drugs is a very positive example to set for our daughter.

Lester Burnham
I didn’t lose my job. It’s not like “Whoops! Where did my job go?” I quit.

Ricky Fitts
Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world I feel like I can’t take it, like my heart’s going to cave in.

Lester Burnham
Remember those posters that said, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life?” Well, that’s true with every day except one: the day that you die.
Jane Burnham
And we’ll always be freaks and we’ll never be like other people and you’ll never be a freak because you’re just too… perfect!

Carolyn Burnham
This is a $4,000 sofa, upholstered in Italian silk. It is not just a couch.