Dead Poets Society (1989)

Norman Lloyd: Mr. Nolan

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• [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.

• Nolan : Gentlemen, what are the Four Pillars?

  Crowd : Tradition. Honor. Discipline. Excellence.