Channel Elle Woods' Determination with the 35 Best Quotes from Legally Blonde

If there's one movie character that's smashed the beauty or brains stereotype, it's Elle Woods. Reese Witherspoon had both playing the bubbly, yet determined sorority-president-turned-Harvard-law-graduate in 2001's Legally Blonde. Since the movie's release, Elle has served as a role model for women everywhere proving that you can do anything you set your mind to even if others might not believe in you. As Elle says, "You must always have faith in yourself."

So, if you're in need of a little inspiration, channel Elle's steadfast determination with 35 quotes from Legally Blonde:

The Best Legally Blonde Quotes

Elle Woods Quotes

1. “I feel comfortable using legal jargon in everyday life. [whistle] I object!”

2. "I don't need backups. I'm going to Harvard."

3. "I once had to judge a tighty-whitey contest for Lambda Kappa Pi. Trust me, I can handle anything."

4. “Whoever said orange is the new pink was seriously disturbed.”

5. Elle Woods: "Here it [resume] is."
Professor Callahan: "It's pink."
Elle Woods: "Oh, and it's scented! I think it gives it a little something extra, don't you think?"

6. "I’m Elle Woods and this is Bruiser Woods and we’re both Gemini vegetarians."

7. "Oh, I like your outfit, too, except when I dress up as a frigid b*tch, I try not to look so constipated."

8. "I'm sorry. I just hallucinated."

9. Elle: "Oh, Warner, do you remember when we spent those four amazing hours in the hot tub after winter formal?"
   Warner Huntington: "Yeah...No."
   Elle: "This is so much better than that!"

10. “Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands, they just don’t.”

11. "When used appropriately, it has an 83 percent rate of return on a dinner invitation. It's called the bend and snap."

12. "You must always have faith in people. And, most importantly, you must always have faith in yourself."

13. "If I’m gonna be partner in a law firm by the time I’m 30, I’m going to need a boyfriend who’s not such a complete bonehead."

14. Elle Woods: This is what I need to become to be serious.
Lady at Nail Salon: What? Practically deformed?
Elle Woods: No, a law student.

15. "For that matter, all masturbatory emissions, where his sperm was clearly not seeking an egg, could be termed reckless abandonment."

16. "The rules of hair care are simple and finite. Any Cosmo girl would have known."

17. "This is gonna be just like senior year, except for funner!"

18. "Gay men know designers, straight men don't."

19.  "I'll show you how valuable Elle Woods can be."

Warner Huntington III Quotes

20. Warner: “You got into Harvard Law?”
       Elle: “What? Like, it’s hard?”

21. "Wow. Don't you look like a walking felony."

22. "If I'm gonna be a senator, well I need to marry a Jackie, not a Marilyn."

Emmett Richmond Quotes

23. Emmett: "I can't believe you just called me a butthead. I don't think anybody has called me a butthead since the 9th grade."
      Elle: Maybe not to your face.

Enrique Salvatore Quotes

24. “Don’t stomp your little last-season Prada shoes at me, honey.”

Professor Callahan Quotes

25. "Do you think she woke up one morning and said, "I think I'll go to law school today?"

26. Professor Callahan: Would you rather have a client who committed a crime malum in se or malum prohibitum?
      Elle: Neither.
      Professor Callahan: And why’s that?
      Elle: I would rather have a client who’s innocent.

Professor Stromwell Quotes

27. "If you're going to let one stupid prick ruin your life, you're not the girl I thought you were."

Paulette Bonafonté Quotes

28. Paulette: Is she as pretty as you?
Elle: She could use some mascara and some serious highlights, but she's not completely unfortunate looking.

29. "I'm taking the dog, dumbass!"

30. "Could I have been any more goddamn spastic?"

Hairstylist Quotes

31. "Oh my God, the bend and snap, works every time."

Elle's Parents Quotes

32. Elle's Mom: "Honey, you were first runner-up at the Miss Hawaiian Tropics contest. Why are you going to throw that all away?"
      Elle: "Going to Harvard is the only way I'm going to get the love of my life back."
      Elle's Father: "Oh, sweetheart, you don't need law school. Law school is for people who are boring and ugly and serious. And you, button, are none of those things."

Margot and Serena Quotes

33. Margot: "Here, you're going to need this."
      Elle: "Your scrunchie?"
      Margot: "My lucky scrunchie. It helped me pass Spanish."
      Serena: "You passed Spanish because you gave Professor Montoya a lap dance after the final."
      Margot: "Yeah, luckily."

Brooke Taylor Windham Quotes

34. "I know I'm a fraud! It's not like normal women can have this ass!"

35. "I've already lost my husband, I'd rather go to jail than lose my reputation."

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