Todd Anderson Quotes in Dead Poets Society (1989)

Todd Anderson: [standing on his desk] Oh captain, my captain.

John Keating: Close your eyes, close your eyes! Close 'em! Now, describe what you see.

Todd Anderson: Uh, I-I close my eyes.

John Keating: Yes.

Todd Anderson: Uh, and this image floats beside me.

John Keating: A sweaty-toothed madman.

Todd Anderson: A sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brain.

John Keating: Oh, that's *excellent*! Now, give him action - make him do something!

Todd Anderson: H-His hands reach out and choke me.

John Keating: That's it! Wonderful, wonderful!

Todd Anderson: And all the time he's mumbling.

John Keating: What's he mumbling?

Todd Anderson: Mumbling truth.

John Keating: Yeah, yes.

Todd Anderson: Truth like-like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold.

John Keating: [some of the class start to laugh] Forget them, forget them! Stay with the blanket. Tell me about that blanket!

Todd Anderson: Y-Y-You push it, stretch it, it'll never be enough. You kick at it, beat it, it'll never cover any of us. From the moment we enter crying t-to the moment we leave dying, it'll just cover your face as you wail and cry and scream.

[long pause then class applauds]

John Keating: Don't you forget this.

[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.

Neil Perry: [finds Todd sitting alone on the roof] Hey!

Todd Anderson: Hey.

Neil Perry: What's going on?

Todd Anderson: Nothin'. Today's my birthday.

Neil Perry: Is today your birthday? Happy birthday!

Todd Anderson: Thanks.

Neil Perry: What'd you get?

Todd Anderson: [indicating the desk set lying beside him] My parents gave me this.

Neil Perry: Isn't this the same desk set...

Todd Anderson: Yeah. Yeah, they gave me the same thing as last year.

Neil Perry: Oh.

Todd Anderson: Oh.

Neil Perry: Maybe they thought you needed another one.

Todd Anderson: Maybe they weren't thinking about anything at all. The funny thing is about this is, I-I didn't even like it the first time.

Neil Perry: Todd, I think you're underestimating the value of this desk set.

[picks it up]

Neil Perry: I mean, who would want a football or a baseball or...

Todd Anderson: Or a car.

Neil Perry: Or a car, if they could have a desk set as wonderful as this one? I mean, if-if I were ever going to buy a desk set, twice, I would probably buy this one. Both times! In fact, its shape is... it's rather aerodynamic, isn't it?

[walks to the edge of the roof]

Neil Perry: You can feel it. This desk set wants to fly!

[hands it to Todd]

Neil Perry: Todd? The world's first unmanned flying desk set.

[Todd throws it off the roof - papers fly everywhere and things crash and clatter to the ground]

Neil Perry: Oh my! Well, I wouldn't worry. You'll get another one next year.

Dalton: Gentlemen, what are the Four Pillars?

Dalton, Meeks, Neil, Knox, Todd Anderson: Travesty. Horror. Decadence. Excrement.

Todd Anderson: [talking about people listening to him] The point is, that there's nothing you can do about it. So you can just butt out. I can take care of myself just fine. All right?

[long pause]

Neil Perry: No.

Todd Anderson: What do you mean 'no'?

Neil Perry: [grinning] No!

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.

Todd Anderson: Keating said that everybody took turns reading and I don't wanna do that.

Neil Perry: Gosh, you really have a problem with that, don't you?

Todd Anderson: N-No, I don't have a problem, Neil. I just... I don't wanna do it, okay?

Todd Anderson: You want me out? Fine, I'm out.

Neil Perry: No, I want you in, but being in means you have to do something. Not just saying you're in.

Todd Anderson: [standing on the ferry to the island of Gharapuri] What's with all the tourists?

Asha: Oh, some famous caves.

Todd Anderson: I've noticed that almost everyone signed up for the incentive program, except you. Don't you want anything?

Asha: What would I do with this, I'm a vegetarian.

[looking at the My Hot Dog toaster product]

Todd Anderson: Maybe it works with carrots...

Purohit N. Virajnarianan: [saying goodbye] I hope that both your legs get broken.

Todd Anderson: I'll never forget you said that.