Mary Poppins (1964) - 12 quotes

Mrs. Banks: I'll try to do better next time.

Mr. Banks: Next time? My dear, you've engaged six nannies in the last four months. And they've all been unqualified disasters.

George Banks: I suggest you have this piano repaired. When I sit down to an instrument, I like to have it in tune.

Mrs. Banks: But, George, you don't play.

George Banks: Madam, that is entirely beside the point!

Bert: Speaking of names, I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith.

Uncle Albert: What's the name of his other leg?

Mary Poppins: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Mary Poppins: I beg your pardon, are you ill?

George Banks: I hope not.

George Banks: Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with facts.

Mr. Banks: Just a moment, Mary Poppins. What is the meaning of this outrage?

Mary Poppins: I beg your pardon?

Mr. Banks: Will you be good enough to explain all this?

Mary Poppins: First of all, I would like to make one thing quite clear.

Mr. Banks: Yes?

Mary Poppins: I never explain anything.

Mrs. Banks: As a matter of fact, since you hired Mary Poppins, the most extraordinary things seem to have come over the household.

Mr. Banks: Is that so?

Mrs. Banks: Take Ellen, for instance. She hasn't broken a dish all morning.

Mr. Banks: Really. Well, that is extraordinary.

Mary Poppins: We can't have them gallivanting up there like kangaroos, can we?

Mrs. Banks: But you're always saying that you wanted a cheerful and pleasant household.

Mr. Banks: Winifred, I should like to make a slight differentiation between the word cheerful and just plain giddy irresponsibility.

Mary Poppins: Our first game is called Well Begun is Half-Done.

Michael: I don't like the sound of that.

Mary Poppins: Otherwise titled Let's Tidy up the Nursery.

Michael: I told you she was tricky.

Mrs. Banks: I'm sorry, dear, but when I chose Katie Nana, I thought she would be firm with the children. She looked so solemn and cross.

George Banks: My dear, never confuse efficiency with a liver complaint.