Nanny McPhee (2006) - Quotes

Embracing imperfections in love and acceptance

Taglines: You'll learn to love her... warts and all.

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Consequences of Behavior

Taglines: Behave or Beware.

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Finding Confidence Before the Wedding

Evangeline: Oh, Nanny McPhee, I'm so nervous.

Nanny McPhee: Deep breaths.

Evangeline: I don't look much like a bride, do I?

Nanny McPhee: You will.

Nanny McPhee: How's the reading coming along?

Evangeline: It's much better. But I still haven't got to the end of the story.

Nanny McPhee: No need. You are the end of the story.

Nanny McPhee: (narrating) There is something you should understand about the way I work. When you need me, but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me, but no longer need me, then I have to go.

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Concern for Evangeline's Well-Being

Mr. Brown: Nanny McPhee...

Nanny McPhee: Yes, Mr. Brown?

Mr. Brown: She will be all right, won't she?, Evangeline, I mean.

Nanny McPhee: I can't help being concerned.

Mr. Brown: Aunt Adelaide can be so, um... Well, you saw.

Nanny McPhee: She will certainly be all right.

Mr. Brown: Good, I suppose she volunteered to go, did she?, couldn't wait to be shot of us, I imagine.

Nanny McPhee: Not quite. It was Simon's idea. He knew Evangeline might like to educate herself and that her going would save Christianna.

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Children's Choices Lead to Unexpected Outcomes

Mr. Brown: Nanny McPhee! Now she can't take the donkey, so what have you done?

Nanny McPhee: I have done nothing, sir. The children have decided amongst themselves.

Mr. Brown: Decided what?

Great Aunt Adelaide: (off in distance) There you are, my dear.

Mr. Brown: Not little Chrissy. (runs from the house) Chrissy!

Great Aunt Adelaide: (in the carriage) Now, then, you'd better tell me your name, little girl.

Mr. Brown: (bolts down the road) Chrissy!

Great Aunt Adelaide: Don't be shy, my dear. What is your name?.

Mr. Brown: (in the forest) Chrissy!

Great Aunt Adelaide: Sit up straight, and tell me your name.

Mr. Brown: (the carriage fades in the distance) NO! Christianna!

Christianna: Papa! Papa!

Mr. Brown: Oh, thank... (the other children run up to him) Oh... Then who is...?

Evangeline: (raises head for Aunt Adelaide to see) Evangeline. My name is Evangeline.

Great Aunt Adelaide: (chuckles) And what a pretty name it is too.

Mr. Brown: (disbelief) Evangeline... Oh...

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The Misguided Advice on Parenting

Mr. Wheen: (on the concept of his unruly children) We always told you, Mr. Brown...

Mr. Jowls: It's not funerals you should be working with...

Cedric: (nodding, miming along)

Both: It's christenings! (uproarious laughter)

Cedric: (sighs, before laughing along with them)

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The Paradox of Need and Want

Nanny McPhee: There is something you should understand about the way I work. When you need me, but do not want me, then I will stay. If you want me, but no longer need me, then I have to go. It's quite sad really, but there it is.

Nanny McPhee: Then I will never go.

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Critique of Gender Roles in Parenting

Mrs. Quickly: Typical of a man, sending his little ones to do the dirty work.

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Assertion of Maternal Authority

Mrs. Quickly: I am your mother now. (she breaks Aggie's rattle)

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Appreciating the Little Things in Life

Mrs. Quickly: Will you just look at them? Aww. The little, small things.

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Aunt Adelaide's Stance on Loose Vowels

Aunt Adelaide: If there's one thing I won't stand for, it's loose vowels.

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Aunt Adelaide's Concern About Cedric's Children

Aunt Adelaide: Let me not beat about the bush, Cedric. The problem with you is that you have too many children.

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Acceptance of Responsibility and Decision to Leave

Chrissie Brown: (referring to Aunt Adelaide) No, she wanted me. I'll go.

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Anticipation of Father's Arrival

Simon Brown: Papa's coming.

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Frustration with Unheard Pleas

Simon Brown: You never listen! (runs off)

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Introduction of a Unique Character

Simon Brown: Pleased to make your acquaintance. I'm Oglington Fartworthy.

Abolishing Politeness in Communication

Simon Brown: I NEVER say "please"!

A Father's Demand for His Children

Cedric Brown: Take your hands off my children.

The Beginning of a Challenging Family Story

Cedric Brown: [first lines; the 17th nanny screaming; she comes in and tells him something] We must begin our story, sad to say with an empty chair. If it were not empty, we would not have a story. But it is. And we do. And it is time to tell it. This is the story of my family, of my seven children who were all very clever, but all very, very, very, naughty. This is nanny Whetstone. The 17th nanny I had hired to look after my children. She was the strictest, the toughest, and the most fearless nanny in all the land. As I went to work that day, at the funeral parlor, I was confident in the knowledge that there was nothing, absolutely nothing that my children could do to upset her. (Nanny Whetstone: They've eaten the baby!!!) Except that.

The Paradox of Illness and Opportunity

Cedric Brown: Some bout of influenza at Archway is carrying off all the old folks. Still, what's bad for them, good for us.

Follow Instructions to Achieve Success

Nanny McPhee: * Lesson #5, Simon. You must do exactly as you're told.

The Importance of Listening

Nanny McPhee: * Lesson 4 is complete. (Cedric: Lesson 4?) To listen.

Lesson Three: Getting Dressed on Command

Nanny McPhee: * I think you'll find that lesson 3: to get dressed when they're told, is complete.

Learning to Follow Instructions

Nanny McPhee: * Lesson 2: to get up when they're told, is complete.

Importance of Following Bedtime Rules

Nanny McPhee: * Lesson 1: to go to bed when they're told, is complete.

Five Essential Lessons for Children

Nanny McPhee: Your children require 5 lessons.

Understanding Nanny McPhee's Role and Departure

Nanny McPhee: [repeated line] There is something you should understand about the way I work. When you need me, but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me, but no longer need me, then I have to go. It's quite sad really, but there it is.