The Princess Diaries Quotes

Joe No one can quit being who they really are, not even a princess. Now, you can refuse the job, but you are a princess by birth.

Mia Good morning, Mrs. Gupta.

Geraldine Gupta (Looks at Lily) Morning, Lily. (Looks at Mia) ...Lily's friend.

Mia Thermopolis Me? A... A princess? Shut... up!!!

Mia Thermopolis Please don't crush my soy nuts.

Geraldine Gupta I’m the vice principal.

Mia Thermopolis Is this punishment for driving without a licensed driver in the front seat?! I am invisible... and I am wet.

Mia Thermopolis You know, most kids hope for a car for their 16th birthday, not a country!

Joe Princess, look out the window... and welcome to Genovia.

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Lilly Moscovitz Is your mom dating an undertaker?

Geraldine Gupta Morning, Lily! Lily’s friend.

Lilly Moscovitz Wait up! Wait for me! Not you, I don't even know you!

Mia Thermopolis Just in case I am not enough of a freak already, let's add a tiara!

Mia Thermopolis Somebody sat on me again!

Clarisse (upon first seeing Mia) You look so... young.

Mia Uh, thank you. And you look so... (Clarisse raises her eyebrows) clean.

Geraldine Gupta Gupta... mmhh... mmhh... mmhh. The Queen is coming - to Grove High School.

Nelson Davenport No longer does Mia stand for missing in action, Genovia has a new princess!

Mia Thermopolis Tell me, how does my mother, or any person for that matter, go into a parent/teacher conference and come out with a date?

Mia Joe, could you park a block from school? I don't wanna cause a riot in this hearse.

Lilly Moscovitz Will you come on my cable show?

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Nelson Davenport Mia Thermopolis is the daughter of local eclectic artist, Helen Thermopolis. They currently live in a refurbished firehouse south of Market Street. Mia is also the only grandchild of Queen Clarisse Renaldi, whose husband, King Rupert, passed away last year. This is Nelson Davenport, KRLH.

Mia Thermopolis I don't want to rule my own country, I just want to pass the tenth grade.

Mia Now, what did you want to tell me?

Clarisse Renaldi Something that, I think, will have a very big impact upon your life.

Mia I already had braces.

Clarisse Renaldi No, it's bigger than orthodontia.

Mia Thermopolis You are so lucky you don't know who your parents are.

Mia Thermopolis (At the Genovian Independence Day Ball) Hi, um... hello. I'm Mia. Um, it stopped raining! I'm really no good at speech-making. Normally I get so nervous that I faint or run away, or sometimes I even get sick. But you really didn't need to know that... but I'm not so afraid anymore. See, my father helped me. Earlier this evening, I had every intention of giving up my claim to the throne. And my mother helped me, by telling me it was ok, and by supporting me like she has my entire life. But then I wondered how I'd feel after abdicating my role as Princess of Genovia. Would I feel relieved, or would I feel sad? And then I realized how many stupid times a day I use the word I. And probably all I ever do is think about myself. And how lame is that when there's like seven billion other people out there on the planet, and... sorry, I'm going too fast. But then I thought, if I cared about the other seven billion out there, instead of just me, that's probably a much better use of my time. See, if I were Princess of Genovia, then my thoughts and the thoughts of people smarter than me would be much better heard, and just maybe those thoughts could be turned into actions. So this morning when I woke up, I was Mia Thermopolis. But now I choose to be forevermore, Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi, Princess of Genovia.

Lilly Moscovitz You know you look like Shaft?

Helen Thermopolis Time for school! Stop daydreaming, you'll be late for school.

Paolo Puttanesca I love your eyebrows. We'll call them Frida and Kahlo. If Brooke Shields married Groucho Marx, their child would have your eyebrows.

Suki Sanchez It was just last night that San Francisco's own little princess partied at the beach. But what started out as innocent fun, soon turned into allegedly, too much fun. This is Suki Sanchez for KPFW.

Philippe Renaldi (Mia's late father) Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. From now on you'll be traveling the road between who you think you are and who you can be. The key is to allow yourself to make the journey.

Mia Thermopolis I can't be a princess! I'm still waiting for the normal body parts to arrive!

Clarisse Renaldi Helen, if Amelia refuses to accept the throne, then Genovia will cease to exist as we know it.

Helen Thermopolis So the future of your country is in the hands of my 15-year-old?

Geraldine Gupta Oh, come on, girls! It's a ball, not a snake. Back in formation!

Lilly Moscovitz I'm taking your charm off of my charm bracelet and it's going in the dirt!