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Princess Diaries Quotes

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all."

"Micheal: Why me?
Mia: Because you saw me when I was invisible"

"I have never put on pantihose before, but it sounds dangerous"

"Joe: This is between a waltz and a tango.
Mia: It's a wango?"

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent"

"Lilly says I have an overactive imagination and a pathological need to invent drama in my life." 

"Needless to say, the fact that he actually spoke to me at all practically caused me to pass out. And then the fact that he was actually saying something that sounded like it might be a prelude to asking me out - well, I nearly threw up. I mean it. I felt really sick, but in a good way."

"What is the appropriate reply to make to a man who says he loves you?

Thank you. You are very kind."

"You know in sixth grade, when they made all of us girls go into this other room and watch a video about getting our periods and stuff? I bet while we were gone, the boys were watching a video about how to look at each other in that infuriating way"

"Maybe nobody has a right to tell anybody to shut up. Maybe this is how wars get started, because someone tells someone else to shut up, and then no one will apologize."

"There are 550 years of Renaldi's on these walls, and I will be up there next to my father."

"To be a princess, you've got to believe that you're a princess. You've gotta walk the way you think a princess should walk, so think tall, smile and wave, and just have fun."

"Just because I didn't get my fairytale ending doesn't mean you shouldn't."

"Welcome. A few moments ago, I realized the only reason I was getting married was because of a law, and that didn't seem like a good enough reason. So, I won't be getting married today. My grandmother has ruled without a man at her side for quite some time, and... I think she rocks at it. So, as the granddaughter of Queen Clarisse and King Rupert, I ask the members of parliament to think about your nieces, your sisters, your daughters and granddaughters, and ask yourselves: would you force them to do what you're trying to make me do? I believe I will be a great queen. I understand Genovia to be a land that combines the beauty of the past with all the best hope of the future. I feel in my heart and soul that I can rule Genovia. I... I love Genovia. Do you think that I would be up here in a wedding dress if I didn't? I stand here ready to take my place as your queen. Without a husband."

"A queen is never late, everyone else is simply early."

"As your queen I simply cannot condone it... as a Grandma, I say right on!"

"A princess never chases a chicken."

"We never rush, we hasten."

"Dear Joseph... is it too late to ask you to accept my hand in marriage?"

"I'll cover for you. Go, Rapunzel, go!"

"I'd like to tell her what she can do with her eggs."

"I'm a girl who loves black and is wearing pink."

"I decline. I refuse to be king. Ladies and gentleman, it is Princess Mia, who should rule. She is bright and she is caring, but more importantly she has a vision. One that will take Genovia forward and if the Parliament were astute, they would name her queen. Listen to her, she'll take us into the 21st century. Besides, just think how lovely she'll look on our postage stamp."