Travers Goff Quotes in Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

[first lines]

Travers Goff: [voiceover] Winds in the east / Mist coming in / Like something is brewing / About to begin / Can't put me finger / On what lies in store / But I feel what's to happen / All happened before.

Travers Goff: Don't you ever stop dreaming. You can be anyone you want to be.

[last lines]

Travers Goff: [voiceover] Winds in the east / Mist coming in / Like something is brewing / About to begin / Can't put me finger / On what lies in store / But I feel what's to happen / All happened before.

Ginty: [while seeing her father shave] Why do you do that?

Travers Goff: For you my dear!

[He flicks the blade in the air like a swordsman]

Travers Goff: Swish! Which kind of kisses do you prefer, Gintamina? Swoosh! Scratchy ones or silky ones?

Ginty: [thinks] Silky ones.

Travers Goff: A man must shave for to spare his daughter's cheeks! Swish!

Travers Goff: This world is just an illusion, Ginty, ol' girl. As long as we hold that thought dear they can't break us, they can't make us endure their reality, bleak and bloody as it is. Money, money, money, don't you buy into, Ginty. It'll bite you on the bottom.

Travers Goff: [the Travers have just arrived at their new home which is a rundown farm and it is obvious the family are in poverty but Goff tries to pretend otherwise] A Palace! Complete with mighty steed!

Ginty: And chickens!

Margaret Goff: [Shocked and disappointed] Oh my!

Travers Goff: [to Margaret] We'll make beautiful memories here my angel

[Pecks his wife on the cheek and she pretends to smile]

Travers Goff: Girls, come on. In this house you get to share a room!