Other Titles • Harold and Maude • Harold und Maude (1974)
Quotes from Harold and Maude (1971)
1
Maude: I should like to change into a sunflower most of all. They're so tall and simple. What flower would you like to be? Harold: I don't know. One of these, maybe. Maude: Why do you say that? Harold: Because they're all alike. Maude: Oooh, but they're *not*. Look. See, some are smaller, some are fatter, some grow to the left, some to the right, some even have lost some petals. All *kinds* of observable differences. You see, Harold, I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are *this*, [she points to a daisy] Maude: yet allow themselves be treated as *that* [she gestures to a field of daisies] Maude: .
(31 votes)
2
Harold: What were you fighting for? Maude: Oh, Big Issues. Liberty. Rights. Justice. Kings died, kingdoms fell. I don't regret the kingdom - what sense in borders and nations and patriotism? But I miss the kings.
(31 votes)
3
"You're so good with people."--Harold (Bud Cort)
(33 votes)
4
Maude: A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life. *Reach* out. Take a *chance*. Get *hurt* even. But play as well as you can. Go team, go! Give me an L. Give me an I. Give me a V. Give me an E. L-I-V-E. LIVE! [beat] Maude: Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.
(29 votes)
5
"Aww, they're my species!"--Maude (Ruth Gordon)
(29 votes)
6
[last lines] Maude: Oh, Harold... That's *wonderful*. Go and love some more.
(10 votes)
7
Maude: Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much *life*. Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully.
(7 votes)
8
Harold: You sure have a way with people. Maude: Well, they're my species!
(6 votes)
9
Maude: Harold, *everyone* has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much.
(6 votes)
10
Psychiatrist: That's very interesting, Harold, and I think, very illuminating. There seems to be a definite pattern emerging. And, of course, this pattern, once isolated, can be coped with. Recognize the problem, and you are halfway on the road to its, uh, its solution. Uh, tell me, Harold, what do you do for fun? What activity gives you a different sense of enjoyment from the others? Uh, what do you find fulfilling? What gives you that... special satisfaction? [pause] Harold: I go to funerals.
(6 votes)
11
[seagulls fly across the sky] Maude: Dreyfus once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany he realized they had only been seagulls... For me they will always be - *glorious* birds.
(5 votes)
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Harold: Maude. Maude: Hmm? Harold: Do you pray? Maude: Pray? No. I communicate. Harold: With God? Maude: With *life*.
(5 votes)
13
Maude: *Don't* get officious. You're not yourself when you're officious - That is the curse of a government job.
(6 votes)
14
Psychiatrist: Tell me, Harold, how many of these, eh, *suicides* have you performed? Harold: An accurate number would be difficult to gauge. Psychiatrist: Well, just give me a rough estimate. Harold: A rough estimate? I'd say fifteen. Psychiatrist: Fifteen? Harold: That's a rough estimate. Psychiatrist: Were they all done for your mother's benefit? Harold: No. No, I would not say "benefit."
(7 votes)
15
Harold: Do you... enjoy... knives?
(4 votes)
16
Maude: [gesturing to a sick tree growing through a sidewalk] Harold, we have *got* to do something about this life. Harold: What? Maude: We'll transplant it. To the forest. Harold: You can't do that. Maude: Why not? Harold: This is public property. Maude: Well, *exactly*.
(3 votes)
17
Maude: You know, at one time, I used to break into pet shops to liberate the canaries. But I decided that was an idea way before its time. Zoos are full, prisons are overflowing... oh my, how the world still dearly loves a cage.
(2 votes)
18
Maude: "My body is the earth, but my head is in the stars." Who said that, Harold? Harold: I don't know. Maude: Well, I suppose I did, then.
(2 votes)
19
Harold: I like you, Maude. Maude: I like you, Harold.
20
Maude: Tell me, do you dance? Harold: Pardon me? Maude: Do you sing and dance? Harold: Uh, no. Maude: Uh, no. I thought not. [laughs]
21
Harold: You hop in any car you want and just drive off? Maude: Well, not any car - I like to keep a variety. I'm always looking for the new experience. Harold: [smiling] Maybe. [sobering] Harold: Nevertheless, I think you're upsetting people. I don't know if that's right. Maude: Well, if some people get upset because they feel they have a hold on some things, I'm merely acting as a gentle reminder: here today, gone tomorrow, so don't get attached to things.
22
Maude: Grab the shovel, Harold.
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