Season 2

“Helen: You gloss over everything with a cynical joke and no one knows what you really believe in. Daria: A-ha. So my evil plan is working.”

— Glenn Eichler, Daria Morgendorffer (voice), Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“'Thin Thighs For Your Man.' But I don't like men with thin thighs.”

— Rachelle Romberg, Glenn Eichler, Daria Morgendorffer, Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“I am not going to pierce my bellybutton. It never did anything to me.”

— Glenn Eichler, Nena Beeber, Daria Morgendorffer, Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“Brittany Taylor: The Telltale Heart? I LOVE romance novels! Daria: Yeah, nothing says 'Be Mine' like a pounding heart beneath a floorboard.”

— Peggy Nicoll, Daria Morgendorffer, Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“My goal is not to wake up at forty with the bitter realization that I've wasted my life in a job I hate, because I was forced to decide on a career in my teens.”

— Glenn Eichler, Daria Morgendorffer (voice), Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“Quinn: Daria, you can't leave me here with those, those yuppies. Daria: Yuppies are from the '80s. Quinn: So what do you call people with funny outfits who talk about peace and love and stuff? Daria: Trekkies.”

— Glenn Eichler, Anne D. Bernstein, Daria Morgendorffer (voice), Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“Daria: You tried to buy my influence with a date? Quinn: Well, that's how we do it in America, comrade.”

— Glenn Eichler, Sam Johnson, Quinn Morgendorffer (voice), Wendy Hoopes, imdb.com

“Jane: She's cute, there are different standards for cute people. Daria: You mean no standards.”

— Rachel Lipman, Peggy Nicoll, Jane Lane (voice), Wendy Hoopes, imdb.com

“Sometimes your shallowness is so thorough, it's almost like depth.”

— Rachel Lipman, Glenn Eichler, Daria Morgendorffer (voice), Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“Mom, if you're going to reminisce, I'll be forced to call Social Services.”

— Glenn Eichler, Rachel Lipman, Daria Morgendorffer (voice), Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“Daria: Only Quinn could turn having brains into a fad. Jane: You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.”

— Rachel Lipman, Glenn Eichler, Jane Lane (voice), Wendy Hoopes, imdb.com

“I can't shoot my own mother. Not with paint, anyway.”

— Glenn Eichler, Peggy Nicoll, Daria Morgendorffer (voice), Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“Mr. Anthony DeMartino: And why are we going to engage in simulated combat? Daria. Daria: Because no high school education is complete until you've chased your fellow students around the woods with toy guns?”

— Glenn Eichler, Daria Morgendorffer (voice), Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“Mr. O'Neill: So you see, girls, I don't want to change the intent of the poster, I just want to make it more palatable. You know what they say: 'A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.' Jane: Not if you're diabetic.”

— Glenn Eichler, Jane Lane (voice), Wendy Hoopes, imdb.com

“"Anxiety? Well, what could be giving you anxiety, sweetie?" "Um, let's see..."”

— Peter Gaffney, Peter Elwell, Daria Morgendorffer, Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“"Anxiety? Well, what could be giving you anxiety, sweetie?" "Um, let's see. Every aspect of my life?"”

— Peter Gaffney, Peter Elwell, Daria Morgendorffer, Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com

“As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between school and prison is the wardrobe.”

— Rachel Lipman, Quinn Morgendorffer, Wendy Hoopes, imdb.com

“My goal is not to wake up at forty with the bitter realization that I've wasted my life in a job I hate, because I was forced to decide on a career in my teens.”

— Peggy Nicoll, Daria Morgendorffer, Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com