Dead Poets Society Quotes

Dead Poets Society Quote of the day

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin the less likely you are to find it at all.

I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.

The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.

But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?

The question, O me! so sad, recurring - What good amid these, O me, O life? That you are here - that life exists and identity, that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.

Seize the day. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die.

I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.

Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone.

Oh captain my captain

If you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? Carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.

Law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.

I am that merry wanderer of the night.

We're not laughing at you - we're laughing near you

The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard.

Truth like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold screenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.

So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, and Robin shall restore amends.

Let me dispel a few rumors so they don't fester into facts.

Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. Isn't that right, Todd? And that's your worse fear.

The first movie that made me cry was Dead Poets Society. That one gets me. O Captain! My Captain! That moment kills me.