Mr. Nolan Quotes in Dead Poets Society (1989)

[last lines]

Todd Anderson: [stands up on his desk] O Captain! My Captain!

Mr. Nolan: Sit down, Mr. Anderson! Do you hear me? Sit down! Sit down! This is your final warning, Anderson. How dare you? Do you hear me?

Knox Overstreet: [climbs up onto his desk] O Captain! My Captain!

Mr. Nolan: Mr. Overstreet, I warn you! Sit down!

[Pitts climbs onto his desk, followed by Meeks, then over half the class, one by one]

Mr. Nolan: Sit down! Sit down. All of you. I want you seated. Sit down. Leave, Mr. Keating. All of you, down. I want you seated. Do you hear me? Sit down!

John Keating: Thank you, boys. Thank you.

Mr. Nolan: Free thinkers at 17?

John Keating: I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.

Mr. Nolan: At these boys' age? Not on your life!

Todd Anderson: Mr. Keating! They made everybody sign it.

Mr. Nolan: Quiet, Mr. Anderson.

Todd Anderson: You gotta believe me. It's true.

John Keating: I do believe you, Todd.

Mr. Nolan: Leave, Mr. Keating.

Todd Anderson: But it wasn't his fault!

Mr. Nolan: Sit down, Mr. Anderson! One more outburst from you or anyone else, and you're out of this school! Leave, Mr. Keating.