Anne of Green Gables (1985)

Miranda de Pencier: Josie Pye

Quotes 

• Josie Pye : Hey, Anne! How do you spell freckles?

  Diana Barry : Hey, Josie! How do you spell ugly?

  Gilbert Blythe : Congratulations on the spelling test, Anne.

  [Anne nods her head at Gilbert] 

  Gilbert Blythe : Oh, well at least you're acknowledging me now. That's an improvement.

  Anne Shirley : It is impolite to pass a person without at least nodding, and so I nod out of elementary good breeding, nothing more.

  Gilbert Blythe : Oh, why don't you get off your high horse?

  Anne Shirley : Thank you for your heartfelt congratulations, Mr. Blythe. But allow me to inform you that next time I shall be first in every subject.

  Diana Barry : Anne! You've got more nerve than a fox in a hen house.

  Anne Shirley : I don't see any need in being civil to someone who chooses to associate with the likes of Josie Pye.

  Diana Barry : You're just jealous.

  Anne Shirley : I am not. You take that back, Diana Barry!

  Diana Barry : She's jealous of you. Gilbert told Charlie Sloan that you're the smartest girl in school, right in front of Josie.

  Anne Shirley : He did?

  Diana Barry : He told Charlie that being smart was better than being good-looking.

  Anne Shirley : I might have known he meant to insult me.

  Diana Barry : No, he didn't.

  Anne Shirley : It isn't better. I'd much rather be pretty than smart. But at least I don't have to cheat like Josie does.

  Diana Barry : She doesn't have to cheat; she just does it because she's a Pye.

• Josie Pye : [while Anne is taking to Diana, Marilla and Mrs. Barry]  I saw you fawning over Anne Shirley.

  Gilbert Blythe : Well, you sure couldn't get up there and give a recital like that.

  Josie Pye : I could be up there on stage.

  Gilbert Blythe : Well, I'd like to see that sometime, Josie Pye.

• Anne Shirley : I suppose some people consider it an accomplishment to walk a little picket fence, Diana. I knew of a girl in Marysville who could walk the ridgepole of a roof.

  Josie Pye : I don't believe it. You sure couldn't, Little Miss Bookworm.

  Anne Shirley : Oh, couldn't I?

  Gilbert Blythe : It's little risky, don't you think, Anne?

  Anne Shirley : Is it indeed, Mr. Blythe?