Goodbye, Mr. Chips Quotes

Katherine Ellis It must be tremendously interesting to be a schoolmaster, to watch boys grow up and help them along; to see their characters develop and what they become when they leave school and the world gets hold of them. I don't see how you could ever get old in a world that's always young.

Mr. Chips I thought I heard you saying it was a pity... pity I never had any children. But you're wrong. I have. Thousands of them. Thousands of them... and all boys.

Ralston A year ago, I told you I wanted the new style of Latin pronunciation taught. And you totally ignored it.

Mr. Chips Oh, that. Nonsense, in my opinion. Nonsense. ].] What's the good of teaching boys to say Kikero', when, for the rest of their lives, they'll say Sissero'? If they say it a'tall. Instead of vy-sissum', you'd make them say we-kiss-'em.

Ralston There you are. I'm trying to make Brookfield an up-to-date school and you insist on clinging to the past. The world's changing, Mr. Chipping.

Mr. Chips I know the world's changing, Dr. Ralston. I've seen the old traditions die, one by one. Grace, dignity, feeling for the past - all that matters here today is a fat banking account. You're trying to run the school like a factory, for turning out money-making machine-made snobs. You've raised the fees. And in the end, the boys who really belong at Brookfield will be frozen out, frozen out. Modern methods, intensive training - poppycock! Give a boy a sense of humor and a sense of proportion and he'll stand up to anything. I'm not going to retire, you can do what you like about it.

Ralston And when you write that books of yours, remember that in addition to all those boys you taught, you managed to teach something to at least one headmaster.

Army General I congratulate you Mr. Chipping. A smart parade and a fine looking lot of boys.

Mr. Chips Thank you General, thank you.

Army General Very important this OTC work; these lads are the officers of tomorrow.

Mr. Chips I prefer to hope General, that tomorrow never comes.

Mr. Chips * the phrase is from ]'s ], circa 30-19 B.C.: "In the future, it will be pleasing to remember these things." Alternatively, "One day, we will look back on this and smile

Mr. Chips Silence! Silence! I'll have no more of it!

John Colley No more silence, sir?

Mr. Chips Well, remember me sometimes. I shall always remember you. "Haec olim meminisse iuvabit." I need not translate it for you.