Michael Morpurgo Quotes

Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future.

Michael Morpurgo

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• Maybe because I'm a child of the '80s, but for me, a sequel is a story that follows the previous one, and sometimes if you haven't seen the original, then you don't understand the second one. Like 'Back to the Future 2.' If you haven't seen the first one, you're not going to get anything out of 'Back to the Future 2.'

  

  Fede Alvarez
  • Future
  • Child
  • Story

• My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.

  

  Rafe Spall
  • Up
  • World
  • Men

• Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
  • Great
  • Art
  • Steal

• I've tried to show in my most recent book, the 'Irresistible Fairytale', that in order to talk about any genre, particularly what we call simple genre - a myth, a legend, an anecdote, a tall tale, and so on - we really have to understand something about the origin of stories all together.

  

  Jack Zipes
  • Book
  • Together
  • Simple

• There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • Virtue
  • Excellence
  • Without

• I want people to just to see, all you got to do is have a little faith.

  

  Fantasia Barrino
  • People
  • Want
  • Faith

• I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!

  

  Karen Finerman
  • Money
  • Change
  • Husband

• But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy.

  

  Oliver Stone
  • Life
  • Think
  • Question

• I would love to option 'Crying of Lot 49' and turn it into a movie.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Movie
  • Option
  • Turn

• We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Trying
  • Blame
  • Skinniness

• I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.

  

  Kate Flannery
  • Think
  • Irish
  • Genetics

• How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?

  

  Tavis Smiley
  • Up
  • Time
  • Movie

• Even in my first analysis of a depressive psychosis, I was immediately struck by its structural similarity with obsessional neurosis.

  

  Karl Abraham
  • First
  • Analysis
  • Structural

• Never should an unfamiliar word be passed over without elucidation, for, with a little conscientious research, we may each day add to our conquests in the realm of philology and become more and more ready for graceful independent expression.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • May
  • Day
  • Independent

• We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Will
  • Still
  • Recession

• I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.

  

  Venerable Bede
  • Writing
  • Church
  • Singing

• Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Great
  • Career
  • Sometimes

• 'Mad Men' still lives in my life as the best job that I've ever had because I thought the character was genius. It was so well-written.

  

  Patrick Fischler
  • Life
  • Men
  • Character

• I actually don't want a throne at all, because I don't view myself as a queen; I view myself as one of my fans.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Want
  • Myself
  • Queen

• A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how earnest; in joy, how sparkling; in sympathy, how tender! The man who never tried the companionship of a little child has carelessly passed by one of the great pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowing its value

  

  Caroline Norton
  • Children
  • Beautiful
  • Earth

• My mum didn't really let me watch TV until I was about 5 years old.

  

  Dacre Montgomery
  • Old
  • Really
  • Watch

• Adam Smith and Malthus and Ricardo! There is something about these three figures to evoke more than ordinary sentiments from us their children in the spirit.

  

  John Maynard Keynes
  • Children

• Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future.

  

  Michael Morpurgo
  • Country
  • Children
  • Teacher