Joseph Barbera Quotes

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• Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.

  Joseph Barbera

  Hard Work, Character, Mean

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming.

  Joseph Barbera

  Dream, Order, Racist

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.

  Joseph Barbera

  Light, Long Ago, Facts

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• I have spent a lot of years on the outside looking in.

  Joseph Barbera

  Years, Outside Looking In

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• I never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making cartoons.

  Joseph Barbera

  Dream, Tired, Cartoon

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

  Joseph Barbera

  Thrill, Getting High, Levels

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.

  Joseph Barbera

  Ideas, Age, Stones

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Running, Men, Cartoon

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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, Character, Parent

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.

  Joseph Barbera

  Choices, Teeth, Dentist

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• Except for me, no one in my family could draw.

  Joseph Barbera

  My Family, Draws

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

  Joseph Barbera

  Play, Actors, Rats

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• So the stock market could have a negative wealth effect and weigh on capital spending, but a sharp decline in long-term interest rates would be an important counterweight.

  Joseph Barbera

  Long, Important, Negative

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• 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

  Religious, Religion, Majesty

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• 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

  Stars, Real, Character

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't know anyone who enjoys going to the hospital. To help remedy this, I got an idea to create what a Laugh Room in the pediatric ward of hospitals.

  Joseph Barbera

  Ideas, Laughing, Rooms

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Christmas parties were orgies of drinking and singing and groping and pawing. Cartoon staffers invested their own money in preparatory liquor.

  Joseph Barbera

  Party, Drinking, Singing

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

  Joseph Barbera

  Laughter, Real, Heartless

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Joseph Barbera

  Years, Office, Dots

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.

  Joseph Barbera

  Disappointment, California, Despair

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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

  Joseph Barbera

  Fall, Empires, Lasts

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.

  Joseph Barbera

  Romantic, Fighting, Boxing

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.

  Joseph Barbera

  Years, Pieces, Recognition

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

  Joseph Barbera

  Years, Rejection, Violation

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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

  Joseph Barbera

  Writing, Attractive Things, Attractive

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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