The Pursuit of Happyness Quotes
[last narration lines]
Christopher Gardner: [voice-over] This part of my life... this part right here? This is called "happyness."
Christopher Gardner: [voice-over] This part of my life... this part right here? This is called "happyness."
Movie: The Pursuit of Happyness
Christopher Gardner: It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?
Movie: The Pursuit of Happyness
Christopher: Hey dad, you wanna hear something funny? There was a man who was drowning, and a boat came, and the man on the boat said Do you need help? and the man said God will save me. Then another boat came and he tried to help him, but he said God will save me, then he drowned and went to Heaven. Then the man told God, God, why didn't you save me? and God said I sent you two boats, you dummy!
Movie: The Pursuit of Happyness
[last lines]
Christopher Gardner: How many planets are there?
Christopher: Um... 7?
Christopher Gardner: Seven? Nine! OK, who's the king of the jungle?
Christopher: The gorilla?
Christopher Gardner: Gorilla? Nope. Lion.
Christopher: Yeah, lion, lion. You wanna hear something funny?
Christopher Gardner: OK.
Christopher: Knock knock.
Christopher Gardner: Who's there?
Christopher: Shelby.
Christopher Gardner: Shelby who?
Christopher: Shelby comin' round the mountain when she comes, Shelby comin' round the mountain when she comes!
Christopher Gardner: Hey, that's good.
Christopher: Knock knock.
Christopher Gardner: Who's there?
Christopher: Nobody.
Christopher Gardner: Nobody who? [Christopher doesn't respond]
Christopher Gardner: Nobody who? [Christopher still doesn't respond]
Christopher Gardner: A-ha-ha, that's a good one, I like that!
Christopher Gardner: How many planets are there?
Christopher: Um... 7?
Christopher Gardner: Seven? Nine! OK, who's the king of the jungle?
Christopher: The gorilla?
Christopher Gardner: Gorilla? Nope. Lion.
Christopher: Yeah, lion, lion. You wanna hear something funny?
Christopher Gardner: OK.
Christopher: Knock knock.
Christopher Gardner: Who's there?
Christopher: Shelby.
Christopher Gardner: Shelby who?
Christopher: Shelby comin' round the mountain when she comes, Shelby comin' round the mountain when she comes!
Christopher Gardner: Hey, that's good.
Christopher: Knock knock.
Christopher Gardner: Who's there?
Christopher: Nobody.
Christopher Gardner: Nobody who? [Christopher doesn't respond]
Christopher Gardner: Nobody who? [Christopher still doesn't respond]
Christopher Gardner: A-ha-ha, that's a good one, I like that!
Movie: The Pursuit of Happyness