Lady Bird (2017) quotes

Director
Greta Gerwig.

Cast
Saoirse Ronan.
Laurie Metcalf.
Tracy Letts.

In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.

I want you to be the very best version of yourself that you can be.
– Marion McPherson
What if this is the best version?
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson

I hate California, I want to go to the east coast. I want to go where culture is like, New York, or Connecticut or New Hampshire.
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson

Different things can be sad… it’s not all war!
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson

I was on top! Who the fuck is on top their first time!
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson

The only thing exciting about 2002 is that it’s a palindrome.
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson

Are you and Mom gonna get a divorce over this?
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson
No. We can’t afford to.
– Larry McPherson

You clearly love Sacramento.
– Sister Sarah Joan
I do?
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson
You write about Sacramento so affectionately and with such care.
– Sister Sarah Joan
I was just describing it.
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson
Well it comes across as love.
– Sister Sarah Joan
Sure, I guess I pay attention.
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson
Don’t you think maybe they are the same thing? Love and attention?
– Sister Sarah Joan

Money is not life’s report card. Being successful doesn’t mean anything in and of itself. It just means that you’re successful. But that doesn’t mean that you’re happy.
– Marion McPherson

Just because something looks ugly doesn’t mean that it’s morally wrong.
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson
You think dead children aren’t morally wrong?
– Casey Kelly
No. I’m just saying that, if you took up close pictures of my vagina while I was on my period, it would be disturbing but it doesn’t make it wrong.
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson
Excuse me?
– Casey Kelly
Listen, if your mother had had the abortion, we wouldn’t have to sit through this stupid assembly!
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson

You’re gonna have so much unspecial sex in your life.
– Kyle Scheible

Hey, I’m like Keith Richards. I’m just happy to be anywhere.
– Larry McPherson

Six inches for the Holy Spirit.
– Sister Sarah Joan

I found when it happened that I really like dry humping more.
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson

You’re not gonna get in a car with a guy that honks, are ya?
– Larry McPherson

People go by the names their parents give them, but they don’t believe in God.
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson

Some people aren’t built happy, you know.
– Julie Steffans

Hi Mom and Dad, it’s me, Christine. It’s the name you gave me. It’s a good one. Dad, this is more for Mom. Hey, Mom, did you feel emotional the first time that you drove in Sacramento? I did and I wanted to tell you, but we weren’t really talking when it happened. All those bends I’ve known my whole life, and stores, and the whole thing. But I wanted to tell you I love you. Thank you, I’m… thank you.
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson

We’re afraid that we will never escape our past. We’re afraid of what the future will bring. We’re afraid we won’t be loved, we won’t be liked. And we won’t succeed.
– Parish Priest

Why can’t you say I look nice?
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson
I thought you didn’t even care what I think.
– Marion McPherson
I still want you to think I look good.
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson
Okay, I’m sorry. I was telling you the truth, do you want me to lie?
– Marion McPherson
No, I mean, I just, I wish that you liked me.
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson
Of course I love you.
– Marion McPherson
But do you like me?
– Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson