Mr. Dawes Sr. Quotes in Mary Poppins (1964)

Mr. Dawes Sr.: Well, do you have anything to say, Banks?

George Banks: Well, sir, they do say that when there's nothing to say, all you can say...

[He feels Michael's tuppence in his pocket, takes it out and looks at it]

Mr. Dawes Sr.: Confound it, Banks! I said do you have anything to say?

George Banks: [begins giggling hysterically] Just one word, sir...

Mr. Dawes Sr.: Yes?

George Banks: Supercallifragilisticexpialidocious!

Mr. Dawes Sr.: What?

George Banks: Supercallifragilisticexpialidocious! Mary Poppins was right, it's extraordinary! It *does* make you feel better! Hee hee hee hee!

Mr. Dawes Sr.: What are you talking about, man? There's no such word!

George Banks: Oh yes! It is a word! A perfectly good word! Actually, do you know what there's no such thing as? It turns out, with due respect, when all is said and done, that there's no such thing as YOU!

Michael: I want it to feed the birds.

Mr. Dawes Sr.: Fiddlesticks, boy! Feed the birds and what have you got? Fat birds! But...

[sings]

Mr. Dawes Sr.: If you invest your tuppence wisely in the bank, safe and sound, soon that tuppence, safely invested in the bank, will compound! And you'll achieve that sense of conquest, as your affluence expands! In the hands of the directors, who invest as propriety demands!

Mr. Dawes Jr: In 1773, an official of this bank unwisely loaned a large sum of money to finance a shipment of tea to the American colonies. Do you know what happened?

George W. Banks: Yes, sir. Yes, I think I do. As the ship lay anchored in Boston Harbor, a party of the colonists dressed as red Indians boarded the vessel, behaved very rudely, and threw all the tea overboard. This made the tea unsuitable for drinking. Even for Americans.

Mr. Dawes Jr: Precisely. The loan was defaulted. Panic ensued within these walls. There was a run on the bank.

Mr. Dawes Sr.: From that time to this, sir, there has not been a run on this bank - UNTIL TODAY. A run, sir, caused by the disgraceful conduct of your son. Do you deny it?

George W. Banks: I do not deny it, sir, and I shall gladly assume responsibility for my son.

Mr. Dawes Sr.: While stand the banks of England, England stands - whoa, whoa...!

[Mr. Dawes lurches forward, the others steady him]

Mr. Dawes Sr.: When fall the banks of England... ENGLAND FALLS!

[Mr. Dawes falls backward; the rest of the Board of Directors have to catch him]

Mr. Banks: You see, Michael, you'll be part of Railways through Africa.

Mr. Dawes Sr.: Exactly.

Mr. Banks: Dams across the Nile.

Mr. Dawes Sr.: The ships, tell them about the ships.

Mr. Banks: Fleets of ocean greyhounds.

Mr. Dawes Sr.: More, tell them more!

Mr. Banks: Majestic self-amortizing canals.

Mr. Dawes Sr.: Oh, it fires the imagination!

Mr. Banks: [singing] Plantations of ripening tea all from...

Mr. Banks, Mr. Dawes Sr., Mr. Dawes Jr, Mr. Tomes, Mr. Mousley, Mr. Grubbs: [singing] Tuppence: prudently, thriftily, frugally invested in the...

Mr. Dawes Sr.: To be specific...

Mr. Banks, Mr. Dawes Sr., Mr. Dawes Jr, Mr. Tomes, Mr. Mousley, Mr. Grubbs: [singing] In the Dawes, Tomes, Mousley, Grubbs, Fidelity Fiduciary Bank.

Mr. Dawes Sr.: [snatching Michael's tuppence away] Welcome to our joyful family of investors!