How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Mary Poppins.
Quote #7
DAWES SR.: If you invest your tuppence wisely in the bank, safe and sound, soon that tuppence, safely invested in the bank, will compound! And you'll achieve that sense of conquest, as your affluence expands! In the hands of the directors, who invest as propriety demands!
Dawes boring advice doesn't work with Michael. It sounds sort of wise, but really, Michael wants to use his tuppence to buy seeds to feed the birds, not to "achieve that sense of conquest." The movie makes it clear that Michael's got the right idea.