No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.
Read more John Keating QuotesFrom: Dead Poets Society
O Captain, my Captain. Who knows where that comes from? Anybody? Not a clue? It's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Now in this class you can either call me Mr. Keating, or if you're slightly more daring, O Captain my Captain.
Gerard Pitts: Too bad.Knox Overstreet: It's worse than "too bad," Pittsie. It's a tragedy. A girl this beautiful in love with such a jerk.Gerard Pitts: All the good ones go for jerks. You know that.
I was good. I was really good.