The pursuit of happyness当幸福来敲门经典台词

The pursuit of happyness

It's an I in "happiness." There's no Y in "happiness." It's an I.

But we have to face the truth, and then go to work to turn things around. And make no mistake about it, we can turn them around.

I'm Chris Gardner.I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. And I made up my mind as a young kid......that when I had children......my children were gonna know who their father was.

Man, I got two questions for you:What do you do? And how do you do it?

- I'm a stockbroker.

- Stockbroker. Oh, goodness.

Had to go to college to be a stockbroker, huh?

You don't have to. Have to be good with numbers and good with people.

The program took just 20 people every six months.

One got the job.

There were three blank lines after "high school" to list more education.

I didn't need that many lines.

It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson..

...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...

- You are so weak.

- No. I am not happy anymore.

- I'm just not happy!

- Then go get happy, Linda!

Let me ask you something. Are you happy?

- Yeah.

- All right. Because I'm happy.

And if you're happy and I'm happy, then that's a good thing, right?

I'm the type of person...

...if you ask me a question, and I don't know the answer...

...I 'm gonna tell you that I don't know.

But I bet you what.

I know how to find the answer, and I will find the answer.

Chris.

What would you say if a guy walked in for an interview......without a shirt on.....and I hired him? What would you say?

He must've had on some really nice pants.

Don't ever let somebody tell you... you can't do something.Not even me.

You got a dream......you gotta protect it.

People can't do something themselves......they wanna tell you you can't do it.

If you want something, go get it.

One day, a man was drowning in the water.

And a boat came by and said, "Do you need any help?"

He said, "No, thank you. God will save me."

Then another boat came by. Said, "Do you need any help?"

And he said, "No, thank you. God will save me."

Then he drowned, and he went to heaven.

And he said, "God, why didn't you save me?"

And God said, "I sent you two big boats, you dummy."

The important thing about that freedom train...

...is it' got to climb mountains.

We all have to deal with mountains.

You know,mountains that go way up high. And mountains that go deep and low.