These children require 5 lessons, Mrs. Green.
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.
More lines from Nanny McPhee
2 quotesCourage, kindness, resolve, imagination, enthusiasm, basket-work, and leaps of faith.
Scenes with Nanny McPhee
3 scenesGood evening, Mrs. Green. I am Nanny McPhee.
Oh, you’re it! I mean, her. Who-who are you?
I am Nanny McPhee. Small C, Big P.
Right. Thing is, I haven’t hired a nanny. I don’t need a nanny. I’m managing perfectly well. I never had a nanny because I don’t want a nanny.
I am an army nanny, Mrs. Green, I have been deployed.
No, no, no, no there must be some mistake everything’s under control here.
Get away from me, you oik from Hell!
That’s Cyril. He’s not mine. He's their cousin.
Come back here, you parasitic poshie!
And that's Norman. He is mine. They've just met. They're getting to know each other...through play.
Kill the townies and eat their heads!
It's the war. Not a very good influence.
Indeed. May I come in?
Must you? I mean, yes of course you must. Tea?
Perhaps later. Let me introduce myself to the children.
No wait!
Why don’t you put the kettle on? I shan't be a moment.
In the absence of any spare beds, Norman, I presume, will be sharing with Cyril?
I'd rather share with a goat.
A goat wouldn't have you, and neither will I.
I see. Celia, Megsie, would you be willing to share the bed?
I'm not sharing anything with that vicious harpy!
I'd rather share with Geraldine!
She’s our cow. And I'd rather share with...an elephant!
Thank you, Vincent, but you will not be required to share.
Haha! I don't have to share! I don’t have to share!
Are you off?
I am. Thank you for having me to stay, Aggie.
Thank you for asking, Nanny McPhee.
[they embrace in a hug, then Nanny McPhee walks away]
