The best Quotes from The Little Mermaid

The human world... it's a mess.

When I find the right girl, I'll know. Without a doubt, it'll just - bam - hit me. Like lightning.

Children have got to be free to lead their own lives.

The seaweed is always greener In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there, but that is a big mistake

Who says that my dreams have to stay just my dreams?

Triton: "He's a human! You're a mermaid."
Arielle: "That doesn't make us enemies."

I don't know when, I don't know how
But i know something's starting right now
Watch and you'll see, some day I'll be
Part of your world

You got your own style, now let it shine through
And remember no matter what, you've got to be you

Far better than any dream girl is one of flesh and blood. One warm, and caring, and right before your eyes.

Have I ever been wrong? I mean... when it's important?

Hm. Teenagers. They think they know everything. You give them an inch, they swim all over you.

As long as you live under my ocean, you'll obey my rules!

I don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad.

The snarfblatt dates back to prehistorical times, when humans used to sit around and stare at each other all day.

It's a dinglehopper. Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out.

Isn't this great? The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face. A perfect day to be at sea!

Will you get your head out of the clouds and back in the water where it belongs?

It's time Ursula took matters into her own tentacles!

Somebody's got to nail that girl's fins to the floor.

Boy, what a soft shell I'm turning out to be.

I consider myself a reasonable merman.

Flounder: "Do you really think there might be sharks around here?"
Ariel: "Flounder, don't be such a guppy!"

You can't get something for nothing, you know.

We mustn't lurk in doorways. It's rude. One might question your upbringing.

This has got to be, without a doubt, the single most humiliating day of my life.

Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation
True gentlemen avoid it when they can
But they dote and swoon and fawn
On a lady who's withdrawn
It's she who holds her tongue who get's a man

I'm sixteen years old, I'm not a child anymore!

Yes, I've had the odd complaint, but on the whole, I've been a saint.

Now, let's eat before this crab wanders off my plate.

Down here all the fish is happy
As off through the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain't happy
They sad 'cause they in the bowl

You're not getting cold fins now, are you?

I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue
And it's hey to the starboard, heave-ho
Look out, lad, a mermaid be waiting for you
In mysterious fathoms below

Jim: "Did you see 'The Little Mermaid' on TV yesterday? Ariel, she's so hot!"
Oz: "She's a mermaid, dude."
Jim: "Yeah, but not when she's on land, Oz."

"I don't wanna be half a fish anymore."
"You'll be half a fish and you'll like it, young lady!"
"But I wanna be... Part of that world!"

Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

Where words fail, music speaks.

"Just living is not enough", said the butterfly.
"One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."

I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of energy into that, instead of into expressing himself freely and feeling comfortable.

I don't know how to drive a car.

Sometimes I say to myself, what are you doing in this absurd job? Why don't you go to Africa and help people? But I cannot help people, because I am a hypochondriac.

This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it can't be.

I got some scotch. Aged eighteen years. The way I like it.

I, Mufasa, rule in equity and justice over all my subjects... and also eat some of them.

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

A child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who've forgotten how to listen.

Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.

It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live.

After all, I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.