Michael Morpurgo Teacher Quotes

#1. There were times my immaturity kept me from being all I wanted to be.

Len Elmore

#2. Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever.

Paul Theroux

#3. Jesus said, 'Judge not, lest ye be judged.' Let's stop trying to choose the political leaders who we believe are the most godly because, in reality, only God knows people's hearts. You and I don't, and we are all sinners.

Jerry Falwell Jr.

#4. What we call truths are just those errors that we cannot give up.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#5. Ever since I'd been old enough to know about virtue in a woman, it had seemed like a bull's-eye painted on my head in rouge.

Alexander Chee

#6. And yet, quite often, she comes to me. Seldom to have anything explained, but often to tell me something.
When she comes over to me, I sit down on the floor. It does not seem right to tower over her when she is talking to me. Instead I sit down, then our heads are on a level.

Peter Hoeg

#7. When painting portraits a lot of people say, 'Why not get a photograph of the person?' Photography is wonderful and it is an art form in itself, but ... my portrait is a culmination of elements ... a truer image of a person than just the 'click' of a snapshot.

Jamie Wyeth

#8. Remember when you were in school and the teacher would put a picture under an overhead projector so you could see it on the wall? God, I loved that. Tellya the truth, I used to look at that beam of light and think it was God.

Lynda Barry

#9. The thing I fear most is fear.

Michel De Montaigne

#10. The trick is to find the style that is right for you. When it comes to trying new clothes, my advice is not to take it too seriously - it's all about having fun.

Twiggy

#11. It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.

Michael Morpurgo

#12. It occurred to me that everyone's story matters to themselves, so the more I listened, the more she wanted to talk.

Miranda July

#13. A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz.

Humphrey Bogart

#14. People put on certain clothes for certain reasons, I assume, when their closet is filled with clothes.

Tim Gunn