DEAD POETS SOCIETY, 1989
-Peter Weir
(favs: Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard)

"No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world"

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, they are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for"

"There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for"

"Now in this class you can either call me 'Mr. Keating', or if you're slightly more daring 'O Captain my Captain'"

"Carpe diem. Seize the day boys. Make your lives extraordinary"

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

"-'Show me the heart unfettered by foolish dreams, and I'll show you a happy man'.
-But only in their dreams can men be truly free. 'Twas (=it was) always thus, and always thus will be.
-Tennyson?
-No, Keating"

Rest in Peace Robin Williams (1951-2014)