Robert Bockstael: Mr. Dupree

Quotes 

• Kayla West : So the firemen just busted down innocent people's doors?

  Mr. Dupree : Well according to that government, those people were not innocent, they were guilty of a heinous crime; owning books.

  J.B. Halliburton : Man, librarians must've been on the most wanted list.

  Mr. Dupree : Not far from the truth, Mr. Halliburton.

  Jett Jackson : Yeah but that could never happen now, you know, in the real world.

  Mr. Dupree : One would hope not, but in the near future as the author Mr. Ray Bradbury shows us, anything is possible.

• Sheriff Wood Jackson : Can we do this outside, Mr. Dupree, please?

  Mr. Dupree : I will not leave my classroom.

  Sheriff Wood Jackson : Alright, the book you've been teaching, Fahrenheit 451, has been banned by the city ordinance... 451.

  Mr. Dupree : Oh the irony! Tell you the truth, Sheriff, I knew it was banned.

  Sheriff Wood Jackson : Wish you wouldn't have said that, Edward, now I'm going to have to place you under arrest.

• Booker Murray : If you don't mind my saying, sir, you were the best teacher I ever had.

  Mr. Dupree : Now those are very kind words, Booker.

  Booker Murray : Matter of fact, you taught me Fahrenheit 451 when I was in school too.

  Mr. Dupree : How could I forget? You were always bright eyed, full of questions, sometimes even good ones.

  Booker Murray : You know thanks to you, I developed a whole new appreciation for fine literature.

  Mr. Dupree : Well that's nice to hear. You finally gave up those awful superhero comics then?

  Booker Murray : Oh no sir, I still read them, but with a much keener eye for subtext. Now I know you need to make a living and all, but you're a teacher, you should be teaching.