Quote 1

• 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.

Quote 2

• Dalton: [answering phone] Welton Academy, hello. Yes he is, just a moment. Mr. Nolan, it's for you. It's God. He says we should have girls at Welton.

Quote 3

• Neil: You can feel it. This desk set wants to fly! [hands it to Todd]
• Neil: 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: Oh my! Well, I wouldn't worry. You'll get another one next year.

Quote 4

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

Quote 5

• Dalton: I'm exercising the right not to walk.