Life, Claire Danes as Angela from My So-Called Life (1994)

Sometimes someone says something really small, and it just fits right into this empty place in your heart.

- Claire Danes as Angela Chase from My So-Called Life, Pressure [1.13]

Desert, Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump from Forest Gump (1994)

The desert, when the sun comes up...I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began.

― Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump from Forest Gump

Life, Sally Field as Mrs. Gump from Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump: What's the matter, Momma?
Mrs. Gump: I'm dyin', Forrest. Come on in, sit down over here.
Forrest Gump: Why are you dyin', Momma?
Mrs. Gump: It's my time. It's just my time. Oh, now, don't you be afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life. It's something we're all destined to do. I didn't know it, but I was destined to be your momma. I did the best I could.
Forrest Gump: You did good, Momma.
Mrs. Gump: Well, I happened to believe you make your own destiny. You have to do the best with what God gave you.
Forrest Gump: What's my destiny, Momma?
Mrs. Gump: You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get.
Forrest Gump: [narrating] Momma always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.
Mrs. Gump: I will miss you, Forrest.
Forrest Gump: [narrating] She had got the cancer and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it. And that's all I have to say about that.

- Sally Field as Mrs. Gump from Forrest Gump (1994)

AFI #040 Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump from Forrest Gump (1994)

Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

- Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump from Forrest Gump (1994)

The bolded line is ranked #40 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.