The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - 22 quotes

Benjamin: She needs a father, not a playmate.

Daisy: Have you slept with a woman before?

Benjamin Button: Never on a Sunday.

Benjamin Button: Some people were born to sit by a river. Some get struck by lightning. Some have an ear for music. Some are artists. Some swim. Some know buttons. Some know Shakespeare. Some are mothers. And some people dance.

Queenie: Poor child, he got the worst of it. Come out white.

Benjamin Button: What if I told you that instead of gettin' older, I was gettin' younger than everybody else?

Daisy: Will you sleep with me?

Benjamin Button: Absolutely.

Daisy: We all end up in diapers.

Daisy: I promise you, I'll never lose myself to self-pity again.

Benjamin Button: And I think, right there and then, she realized none of us is perfect forever.

Benjamin Button: You never know what's coming for you.

Benjamin Button: Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.

Mrs. Maple: Benjamin, we're meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?

Mr. Daws: Did you know that I was struck by lightning seven times?

Daisy: Goodnight Benjamin.

Benjamin Button: Goodnight Daisy.

Benjamin Button: I wanna remember us just as we are now.

Daisy: Would you still love me if I were old and saggy?

Benjamin Button: Would you still love ME if I were young and had acne? When I'm afraid of what's under the stairs? Or if I end up wetting the bed?

Benjamin Button: I was thinking how nothing lasts, and what a shame that is.

Daisy: Some things last.

Benjamin Button: For what it's worth, it's never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit... start whenever you want... you can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you. I hope you feel things that you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life that you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

Benjamin Button: You can be mad as a mad dog at the way things went; you can swear and curse the fates - but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.

Benjamin Button: It's a funny thing about comin' home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You'll realize what's changed is you.

Benjamin Button: Along the way you bump into people who make a dent on your life. Some people get struck by lightning. Some are born to sit by a river. Some have an ear for music. Some are artists. Some swim the English Channel. Some know buttons. Some know Shakespeare. Some are mothers. And some people can dance.