“Rushmore” quotes

“Maybe I'm spending too much of my time starting up clubs and putting on plays. I should probably be trying harder to score chicks. That's the only thing anybody really cares about. But, it's not my forte, unfortunately.”
Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer

“- Max Fischer: I thought you dumped me for Blume, then I thought...
- Rosemary Cross: I never dumped you, because we were never going out.”
Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer
Olivia Williams - Rosemary Cross

“- Max Fischer: They are going to cancel Latin. They've got to make room for Japanese.
- Rosemary Cross: That's a shame because all the Romance languages are based on Latin.”

Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer
Olivia Williams - Rosemary Cross

“- Dr. Peter Flynn: I understand you're a neurosurgeon.
- Bert Fischer: No, I'm a barber, but a lot of people make that mistake.”
Luke Wilson - Dr. Peter Flynn
Seymour Cassel - Bert Fischer

“- Herman Blume: What's the secret, Max?
- Max Fischer: The secret?
- Herman Blume: You seem to have it pretty figured out.
- Max Fischer: The secret, I don't know... I guess you've just gotta find something you love to do and then... do it for the rest of your life.”
Bill Murray - Herman Blume
Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer

“You're like one of those clipper ship captains. You're married to the sea.”

Seymour Cassel - Bert Fischer

“- Dr. Peter Flynn: I didn't know we were going to dinner.
- Max Fischer: That's because you weren't invited.”
Luke Wilson - Dr. Peter Flynn
Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer

“- Max Fischer: The truth is, neither one of us has the slightest idea where this relationship is going. We can't predict the future.
- Rosemary Cross: We don't have a relationship.
- Max Fischer: But we're friends.”
Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer
Olivia Williams - Rosemary Cross

“War does funny things to men.”
Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer

“You and Herman deserve each other. You're both little children.”

Olivia Williams - Rosemary Cross

“You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone.”
Bill Murray - Herman Blume

“- Rosemary Cross: Has it ever crossed your mind that you're far too young for me?
- Max Fischer: It crossed my mind that you might consider that a possibility.”
Olivia Williams - Rosemary Cross
Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer

“- Rosemary Cross: Do you think we're going to have sex?
- Max Fischer: That's a kinda cheap way to put it.
- Rosemary Cross: Not if you've ever fucked before, it isn't.”
Olivia Williams - Rosemary Cross
Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer

“- Rosemary Cross: Well, you pulled it off.
- Max Fischer: It went okay. At least nobody got hurt.
- Rosemary Cross: Except you.”

Olivia Williams - Rosemary Cross
Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer