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Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr. Quotes

Total quotes: 9
“Bert: It's true that Mavis and Sybil have ways that are winning, and Prudence and Gwendolyn set your heart spinning! Phoebe's delightful, Maude is disarming...

Penguins: Janice, Felicia, Lydia...

Bert: ...charming! Cynthia's dashing, Vivian's sweet! Stephanie's smashing, Priscilla's a treat.

Penguins: Veronica, Millicent, Agnes, and Jane...

Bert: ...convivial company, time and again. Dorcas and Phyllis and Glynis are sorts I will agree are three jolly good sports, but cream of the crop, tip of the top—it's Mary Poppins, and there we stop!”
— Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr., Mary Poppins
Tagged: singing penguins, jolly good sport, cream of the crop, Mary Poppins
“Say no more, Gov'ner. [sings] You've got to grind, grind, grind at that grindstone... Though childhood slips like sand through a sieve... And all too soon they've up and grown, and then they've flown... And it's too late for you to give — just that spoonful of sugar to 'elp the medicine go down—the medicine go dow-own—medicine go down. [speaks again] Well, so long, Gov'ner. Sorry to have troubled you.”
— Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr., Mary Poppins
Tagged: Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
“Let's sit down. You know, begging you pardon, but the one who my heart goes out for is your father. There he is in that cold, heartless bank day after day, hemmed in by mounds of cold, heartless money. I don't like to see any living thing caged up.”
— Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr., Mary Poppins
Tagged: banks, The Rich, wealth envy, Irony, cold, Heartless
“Bert: Speaking of names, I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith.

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

Everyone: [laughs]”
— Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr., Mary Poppins
Tagged: Literal, wooden leg
“Goodbye, Mary Poppins, don't stay away too long.”
— Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr., Mary Poppins
Tagged: goodbye, Come Back
“Not Royal Academy, I suppose. Still better than a finger in the eye, ain't they?”
— Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr., Mary Poppins
Tagged: Royal Academy, Eye Gouge, drawing, Illustration
“Oh, It's you. Hello. … Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, you say? Alright. … Come on with me.… Here we are, 17 Cherry Tree Lane. Home of George Banks, Esq. [hears yelling inside] Hello, hello, hello. Admiral's right, heavy weather brewing at number 17 and no mistake.”
— Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr., Mary Poppins
Tagged: Bad Weather
“What did I tell ya? There's the whole world at your feet. And who gets to see it but the birds, the stars, and the chimney sweeps.”
— Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr., Mary Poppins
Tagged: world at your feet
“[singing] Winds in the east, mist coming in. / Like somethin' is brewin' and 'bout to begin. / Can't put me finger on what lies in store, / But I feel what's to happen all happened before.”
— Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr., Mary Poppins
Tagged: Expectation, winds blowing
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