Joseph Barbera Quotes

My biggest kick comes from the individual fans I run into. Middle-aged men ask me when we're going to do more Johnny Quest cartoons.
Joseph Barbera

Men, Individual, Ask

My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.
Joseph Barbera

Last, Days, Fall

My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned.
Joseph Barbera

Marriage, Impulsive, Instead

Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot.
Joseph Barbera

Once, Office, Six

One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.
Joseph Barbera

Writing, Dead, Attractive

Parents look at me like I'm somebody pretty important, and say, We were raised on your characters, and now we're enjoying them all over again with our children.
Joseph Barbera

Children, Parents, Important

Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race.
Joseph Barbera

Winning, Mean, Himself

There is no law that says a man who earned a hundred million dollars in his first half-dozen years on the job has to be a decent human being, but Mike Eisner is that and more.
Joseph Barbera

Job, Human, Law

What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character.
Joseph Barbera

Character, Real, Hard

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.
Joseph Barbera

Laughter, Real, Needed

When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking.
Joseph Barbera

Sleeping, Drinking, Weren

While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.
Joseph Barbera

Power, Experience, While

You keep pitching. Most of the pitches run wild. A few are caught.
Joseph Barbera

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Cartoonist

Born: March 24, 1911

Died: December 18, 2006

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