:08:03
Can anyone define
"status quo"?
:08:07
Sandy?
:08:09
Does it mean staying the same,
Miss Brodie?
:08:12
Precisely.
:08:14
Staying the same to the point
of petrification.
:08:18
P-E-T-R-l-F...
:08:21
l-C-A-T-l-O-N.
:08:26
Petrification.
:08:28
I do not intend to devote
my prime to petrification.
:08:31
Prop up your books
in case of intruders.
:08:34
If there are intruders,
we are doing our history.
:08:37
But we will not
do our history.
:08:39
Can anyone tell me who is
the greatest Italian painter?
:08:43
Leonardo da Vinci,
Miss Brodie.
:08:45
That is incorrect, Jenny.
:08:48
The answer is Giotto.
He is my favorite.
:08:55
Observe,
little girls, Stanley Baldwin...
:08:58
who got in as prime minister
and got out again ere long.
:09:04
Our headmistress,
Miss Mackay...
:09:07
retains him on the walls because
she believes in the slogan "safety first."
:09:12
Safety does not come first.
:09:15
Goodness, Truth
and Beauty come first.
:09:24
One's prime brings one's insight
into these things.
:09:27
One's prime is the moment
one is born for.
:09:31
You little girls must be
on the alert to recognize your prime...
:09:34
at whatever time
it may occur...
:09:37
and live it to the full.
:09:41
"Season of mist
and mellow fruitfulness."
:09:50
I want to tell you
of a moment in my life...
:09:54
when I was very young...
:09:56
younger even
than the man himself.
:09:59
His name was Hugh.