“Harriet the Spy” quotes

(1996)
Movie Harriet the Spy
Title Harriet the Spy
Year 1996
Director Bronwen Hughes
Genre Drama, Comedy, Family
Plot – Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. One day her friend Sport discovers her mysterious activities and feels deceived by the friend and by her behavior. Will the protagonist regain Sport's confidence?
All actors – Michelle Trachtenberg, Gregory Smith, Vanessa Lee Chester, Rosie O'Donnell, J. Smith-Cameron, Robert Joy, Eartha Kitt, Charlotte Sullivan, Teisha Kim, Cecilley Carroll, Dov Tiefenbach, Nina Shock
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  • “You know what? You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life.”
    Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
  • “Just because you're going to be alone now doesn't mean the world stops turning. You'll keep writing in your notebooks and when you're grown up and you publish your first novel, I'll be first in line at that bookstore, getting an autographed copy.”

    Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
  • “- Harriet M. Welsch: Are you gonna go be some other kid's nanny now?
    - Ole Golly: And love them more than you? Never. Remember in my life, in this world, there will always only be one Harriet.”

    Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch
    Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
  • “You can't be my friend if you're not my friend.”
    Gregory Smith - Sport
    [Tag:friendship]
  • “- Harriet M. Welsch: I want to remember everything. And I want to know everything.
    - Ole Golly: Well, you must realize, Harriet, knowing everything won't do you a bit of good unless you use it to put beauty in this world. True or false?
    - Harriet M. Welsch: True.
    - Ole Golly: Of course it is.”

    Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch
    Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
  • “Good friends are one of life's blessings. Don't give them up without a fight.”
    Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
  • “The only thing worse than being Marion Hawthorn, is wanting to be Marion Hawthorn.”
    Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch
  • “You remember, a good spy can get in there and fight. Goodbye, Harriet the Spy.”

    Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
  • “Carrie Andrews thinks she's cool because she spent her summer vacation growing boobs.”
    Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch
  • “- Harriet M. Welsch: How long have you known me, Golly?
    - Ole Golly: Since you were born. That's 11 years and 12,000 tomato sandwiches ago.
    - Harriet M. Welsch: And you'll never leave me, right?
    - Ole Golly: Well I won't leave you leave you, but one day you'll be old enough and... well, old enough to take care of yourself and when that day comes...” (continue)
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    Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch
    Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
  • “There are as many ways to live in this world as there are people in this world, and each one deserves a closer look.”
    Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
    [Tag:attitude, people]
  • “- Harriet M. Welsch: Do spies have high pressure jobs?
    - Ole Golly: Only if they get caught.
    - Harriet M. Welsch: I never get caught.”

    Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch
    Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
  • “- Harriet M. Welsch: I hatemoney.
    - Sport: You'd like it a lot more if you didn't have any.”

    Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch
    Gregory Smith - Sport
    [Tag:money, poverty, wealth]
  • “- Ole Golly: Your father has a high pressure job.
    - Harriet M. Welsch: What's a high pressure job?
    - Ole Golly: It's when you don't get to do what you want to, and when you do, you don't have enough time for it.”

    Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
    Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch
    [Tag:father, job, stress]
  • “- Harriet M. Welsch: I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry.
    - Ole Golly: Nah it's okay to cry, but whatever you do, don't laugh, no Harriet, I will not tolerate laughter as I leave. No.”

    Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch
    Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
  • “I want to learn everything I can, and I write down everything I see. Golly says if I want to be a writer someday, I better start now, and that is why I am a spy.”
    Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch
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