Nanny McPhee * Quotes

Nanny McPhee: "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 rather sad, really, but there it is."
Simon Brown: "We will never want you!"
Nanny McPhee: "Then I will never go."

Nanny McPhee: "How's the reading coming along?"
Evangeline: "Oh... all right. I still haven't gotten to the end of the story, though."
Nanny McPhee: "There's no need. You are the end of the story."

Lily: "Evangeline, do you love Papa?"
Evangeline: "Of course not! I know my place. That wouldn't be right. I mean... yes."
Lily: "Papa, do you love Evangeline?"
Mr. Brown: "What are you saying? That- that would be totally improper. I mean a thing like that could... could never happen. I mean, obviously... yes."

"I did knock."

Mr. Brown: "I was confident that there was nothing they could do to upset her."
Nanny Whetstone: "[screaming] They have eaten the baby!"
Mr. Brown: "Except that."

"Hello. Unfortunately, we must start the story with an empty chair. If it wasn't empty, however, we wouldn't have a story. But, it is, and we do, so we must tell it."
[Narrator]

"There's only one thing men want. It's no wonder there are so many of you."