“Say Anything...” quotes

- Lloyd Dobler: I got a question. If you guys know so much about women, how come you're here at like the "Gas 'n' Sip" on a Saturday night completely alone drinking beers with no women anywhere?
- Joe: By choice, man.
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler
Loren Dean - Joe

“I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.”
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen.”
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“What I really want to do with my life, what I want to do for a living, is I want to be with your daughter. I'm good at it.”
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“People think that we're crazy. It will never work. You're going to fail... Those are the beginning of every great success story.”
Ione Skye - Diane Court

“How many of them really know what they want, though? I mean, a lot of them think they have to know, right? But inside they don't really know, so... I don't know, but I know that I don't know.”

John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“- Diane Court: I have this theory of convergence, that good things always happen with bad things. I know you have to deal with them at the same time, but I just don't know why they have to happen at the same time. I just wish I could work out some schedule. Am I just babbling? Do you know what I mean?
- Lloyd Dobler: No.”
Ione Skye - Diane Court
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

Okay, how ya doing? I'm Lloyd, and we're gonna watch the movie "Cocoon". I've never actually seen it, but I heard it's very good, it makes you happy, thats a good thing. It's about a group of older people who go to outer space... hope I didn't give anything away there.
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“Dude, I don't even feel that way about my car, man.”

Loren Dean - Joe

“Why can't you be in a good mood? How hard is it to decide to be in a good mood and be in a good mood once in a while?”
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“- D.C.: Why don't you just call her again?
- Lloyd Dobler: I draw the line at 7 unreturned phone calls.”
Amy Brooks - D.C.
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“- Diane Court: I love you.
- Lloyd Dobler: What?
- Diane Court: I love you. How many more times do I have to say it?
- Lloyd Dobler: One more would be nice.
- Diane Court: I love you... please. I love you.”
Ione Skye - Diane Court
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“- Lloyd Dobler: Is the movies a good second date? You know, as a date?
- Corey Flood: Well, you never had a first date.
- Lloyd Dobler: Yes we did. I sat across from her at a mall. We ate together. We ate. That's eating. Sharing an important physical event.”
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler
Lili Taylor - Corey Flood

“- Lloyd Dobler: I'm a guy. I have pride.
- Corey Flood: You're not a guy.
- Lloyd Dobler: I am.
- Corey Flood: No. The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy.”
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler
Lili Taylor - Corey Flood

“One question: are you here 'cause you need someone, or 'cause you need me? Forget it, I don't care.”
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“- Diane Court: I just can't have any social life right now.
- Lloyd Dobler: Don't worry about it. We're just having coffee. We'll be anti-social.
- Diane Court: Be friends?
- Lloyd Dobler: Yeah. With potential.”
Ione Skye - Diane Court
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“- Diane Court: You're cold.
- Lloyd Dobler: I don't think I am.
- Diane Court: Then why are you shaking?
- Lloyd Dobler: I don't know. I think I'm happy.”
Ione Skye - Diane Court
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler